Tuesday, August 18, 2015

In control of the group...

Being the carnival barker that he is, Donald Trump is in more control of the other candidates then the Koch brothers.  By controlling the agenda he has the others watching him and trying to figure out how to handle his popularity.

At the moment even the heavyweights don't want to answer any hard questions unless they know what The Donald has said and how it was received.  Trump is controlling their dialogue and thoughts, and by doing so we will get more puppets and polly parrots.    Unless, if someone in the Republican party stands up to this  bully they will have the feeling that "If you can't beat him then join him"....   And even if he is not the candidate with his popular spoutings he has bought the candidates without donating a dime.....

Monday, August 17, 2015

Why is it a bad thing?

Why is it a bad thing to be for the working people and if you are, you are called a socialist?    Well if wanting working class (middle class when I grew up) to be able to support themselves with a living wage and to be able to enjoy the finer things in life for, them and their children, is being a socialist then so be it.

I guess I see it another way and, that is, that caring about people; and don't label that as giving handouts; and wanting to see all people have a good quality of life is what government should be about.  Most people who believe in this form of democracy grew up in a time when people cared and we actually had neighborhoods and not homes groupe with strangers. 

Now we have a group of millionaires (535) who tell us what working people should be doing and how they should be living.  These same people were elected by the working class people to represent they, but then they get caught up in their own interests and padding their own pockets and forget about the people who put them there until it is time for re-election.  This has to stop.  Elected officials were not meant to go into office to become rich, but rather to be trusted and respected.  

This is called "Progressives Speak Out" - well maybe instead of progressing we need to look where we came from before the bloated fat cats took over Washington and every othere local municipality in the country.  There was a time when people could run for office because they could and wanted to - not because they had millions of dollars backing them.  There is a saying the "you get what you pay for", but at the moment the only ones getting what the pay for are the rich, both Democrats and Republicans.

Progressives / Socialist or should I say Humanists need to revolt at the voting booth and bring things back to the working class.  The rich will always get richer - but it is about time that the working class had the chance to become rich also.  Let us eliminate the 'Have's and Have Not's"  and make it the "Have's and Can Become"....    Now why would this be a bad thing????