The cold , hard truth... No one represents US..

[SoCalDem]

If we call ourselves middle class, we are not/have never been represented..

We elect people to participate in government, because WE cannot.. A representative republic means that WE send people to do OUR bidding.. Of course the stumbling block in the whole scenario, is that once "our" representatives have received our endorsement money to run for office, and our encouragement and votes, we are the last thing on their minds , until it's election time..

We only matter when they need money or votes.. This is true from ALL parties..

Perhaps the democratic platform DOES seem to represent us, but we all know that legislating is an art, and most of the senators and congresspeople achieve Picassoesque status in no time.. They work and rework legislation to appear bipartisan, yet they know there are enough poison pills in most legislation to kill even the best bills..

It's all done in a "wink-wink-nod-nod" fashion , complete with the crocodile tears in the news conferences afterwards.. "We tried soooo hard..blah..blah..blah..".. Or the house will pass a bill that seems to be good for the common person, because they know that the seante will NOT pass it... and vice versa..

It's smoke & mirrors..

The only constant, is the LOBBYIST.. That's who our government really works for.. They populate the "think tanks" where this nonsense is dreamed up, they have the eyes and ears of all the politicians of BOTH parties, they write the legislation, and they pay for ads to demonize anyone who dares go against them..

The medicare bill is a prime example of this.. How many of US has run a commercial on national TV so that OUR ideas coul;d have been heard BEFORE the bill passed?? ...Z E R O ...

The fact that there are so many of us, and that we are all scrambling like so many hamsters on a wheel, keeps us out of touch..

Corporations and their lobbyists run the show, and they do NOT need/want our output..

Have you all seen the new TV show on its own 24/7 channel?? It's called The American Worker channel.. It features union people talking about how legislation could harm workers.. there are many guests every day, who poke holes in all the phony legiclation that is proposed.. They also counsel people about how they can unionize and get fair benefits and protect their jobs..

So , you say you missed that channel??? No wonder... It does not exist...nor will it ever..

Instead we have the orgasmic, blonde, lipglossed "money honeys" giggling and swooning over the Dow Jones.. Do the really big boys in corporate america watch these shows?? Nope.. They are too busy making deals, and schmoozing.. These channels are for US.. No matter how many times they rip us off, they know that the middle classes will dust themselves off and start pouring money back into the rich man's piggy bank.,. We have been told since we were small, that the "sky's the limit"..play by the rules and you could be RICH.. We want it..we need it.. and we spend so much time trying to "get there", that we do not notice the pickpocket who keeps stealing our wallet..

The legislation that keeps getting legislated, is the same stuff that we have been "working on" for THIRTY + years.. If they really wanted to fix things for us..( You know.. the people they claim to represent and love so much).. Iit would have been FIXED ages ago..

We are on our own...no matter who gets elected..