Invest in corporate America. Just don't work there 2887

Well said!

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But that is a bit much. The Republicans take brides and deliver a quid pro quo. The Democrats by and large take the contributions on a sort of "do no harm" basis. The Dems do not in any way rival the Republicans in their creation of corpotopian enabling legislation and corporate welfare, but they all too often vote with the Pugs in getting these bills into law. A Democratic majority in the Congress would do much to stem the outright deluge of special interest legislation and tax cuts for the rich simply because they would introduce far LESS legislation of this sort.

But until the Democratic party holds true to its namesake and dramatically increases the number of House members, the Democratic party will continue to be dominated by the Republicans simply because the Republicans are a lot better at the money and power game than the Democrats will ever be. If the Democratic party wants to remain viable it must play its own game instead of trying to beat the Pugs at their game. And the game of a true Democratic party should be more democracy.

We do not want a direct democracy. It would truly be a disaster. But democracy is not yes-no or on-off. It is a question of "how democratic are we?" And right now the American middle clbutt is being destroyed because we are not democratic enough; because we do not have adequate voice in our government. Democracy is measured in the ability of the middle clbutt to REPLACE those who have not legislated in their best interest.

-- "I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education." - Thomas Jefferson