ANGRY CITIZENS of the US of A

ANGRY CITIZENS of the US of A

Democrats are mad, Republicans are mad, Independents are mad, Tea Parties are mad, Greens are mad, Libertarians are mad, Mad as Hell Doctors are mad and, and Anthony Weiner is really mad.

Is it any wonder that Gallup Polls report that approval of Congress is an all time low of 11%.?? – Gallup's 2010 Confidence in Institutions poll finds Congress ranking dead last out of the 16 institutions rated this year.

Barack Obama averaged 47.3% job approval during his sixth quarter in office, spanning April 20-July 19. A long way down from his first quarter at 63%, but still a heck of a lot better than Congress's 11%.


What can congress do to improve citizen's confidence?

They could do something about the corporate money that is corrupting our elections, and restore this country to a democracy that Abraham Lincoln thought we had when he wrote his Gettysburg Address. That address ended with this phrase “and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”

I do not know if we really had that government in Abe's day but we certainly do not today. We still have the facade; but we have a government of the corporations, by the corporations, for the corporations. ---- Congress could pass the Fair Elections Now Act S752 – HR- 1826, that would let congressmen depend on their constituents rather than the corporations and their lobbyist for campaign contributions. As of today Aug-2-2010, there are 23 cosponsors for the Senate bill, and 159 cosponsors for the House bill.

It is time to put it to a vote, and see who is for the people, or who is for the corporations.

One more thing the Congress could do to restore confidence, and bring back government to the people. IRV Instant Runoff Voting, also called ranked voting needs to go along with the Fair Elections Now Act. IRV will save the expense of runoff elections, and give good third party and independent candidates a fair chance to be elected.


William McPherson [unpaid citizen lobbyist]