How is it that House Rep’s, Senators and Presidents only come from two parties? To get a better understanding of how it happens and why it will not change without voters and citizens of this country getting involved in fixing this problem you should compare our political parties to a fast food chain. McDonalds is acceptable because we see the brand advertised everywhere. It is burnt into our memory from a small age if you are hungry it is acceptable by social standards to go there and eat. The same principle applies to the Democrats or Republicans. We know the parties and they’re the entities to conform to if you plan on a career in politics. I believe that this concept politically speaking fails. Many would also agree that we limit our capacity to grow and change as a free government if we are only getting two perspectives or choices.
So why won’t it change? Does McDonalds plan to close next
week? Of course not because McDonalds generates a significant amount of money
as does the two political parties. The purpose of all this money is simple. The
more money Democrats and Republicans are acquiring, the bigger the advantage
over any alternative opposition. I will attach a report of spending on Campaigns
for the last election cycle but for the three major types of office in DC,
both parties combined spent over 2.5 billion dollars in campaigning for your
votes. Here is the site- http://www.fec.gov/disclosurep/pnational.do
What we consider a democracy is in reality just a
business and a legal way of paying cash for votes. Read the following links
about the history of political parties in the United States. Then go and read
what the constitution says about political parties. You will be looking forever
because it mentions nothing about them. http://wanttoknowit.com/what-was-the-first-political-party-in-the-united-states/
http://www.deanza.edu/faculty/respiniblake/pdf/Partiesonline.pdf
I know it can be argued that just because our 200 year old constitution doesn’t mention party affiliations doesn’t mean that the founders did not foresee the need for political parties. But actually it has been noted that the writers of the constitution hoped we did not go in this direction.
Don’t get me wrong I like a system of civil servant
politicians. Unfortunately it morphed into over paid puppets spewing an agenda
from just two well financed angles. Neither party will ever want to change the
system; it would cost them the ability to generate billions for elections which
translates into even more revenue having paid for the exclusive rights to the politicians
they bought who control our country.
It’s up to the voting population to demand change
before the next election or once again the real problems we face will not get
fixed. We will end up watching another 2.5 billion dollars or more go to
wasteful campaign spending in yet another Opportunity Lost…….