"Why in a democracy do the people consistently vote in politicians who then pass the laws allowing this? The simple answer is money in politics and that this influence has morphed into something almost evil. But that also suggest that the American voter is dumb and is voting against their own interest."
They ARE dumb, and at least half of them vote against their own self interest every cycle. Steve, quit posting here, reading posts, just watch Fox "News" and read rw blogs, and you'll KNOW why they vote the way they do. Voting Republican has always been a vote for the wealthy and a vote against a working person's self-interest, beginning with Reagan.
The Republicans pander to the single issue voter. The second-amendment voter, the racist, the gay-hater, the tax hater, the fetus worshiper, the small government voter. They feed these voters bones in the form of speeches and legislation to keep them voting, but the real agenda of the Republican party, dictated by their funders, is that the bulk of the nation's GDP continues to flow to THEM. |
