Invest in corporate America. Just don't work there 2894

But what if the replacements are also corrupt???? see below

The "parties" are not supported by the people. The "parties" are supported by the wealthy and the powerful.

I often think about a Reagan representative going to the USSR to talk to Gorbachev to set him straight: The rep would have said: Look here, idiot, you do not need all that heavy handed police state crap to maintain control of your people and to feather your nest of power. All that is necessary is the buttistance of the very rich people and the corporations and you can control information such that you create your own "reality". If you limit the choices that the people have to represent them to those you and your supporters have chosen, then you cannot lose. It will not matter for which "party" they vote because both "parties" are controlled by you and your very wealthy pals. They must suck you collective cranks or they will never have the means to fight negative ads that you and your pals can run against them. And you and your pals will DEFINE the issues and frame all the debate. The real issues such as wages and health care will never surface because the wealthy people will not allow it. And even if these "issues" become dominant they will find a way to line their pockets with any kind of government solution. The new pharmaceutical stuff for seniors is just the latest example.

We have a one party system in the USA -- The most powerful control the TwoParty because it costs too much to run for a seat in the House of Representatives. And that cost is absolutely due to the huge size of the electoral districts. In 1928 that was about 200K people per district. 300K before 1955. But since then we have moved to more than 650K people. Things really started downhill in the 60's and then took a turn in a totally different and much more destructive direction in 1980. And it all has to do with a loss of representation for the common people.

-- "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