Republicans are rushing to capitalize on what they call Wall Street’s “buyer’s remorse” with the Democrats. And industry executives and lobbyists are warning Democrats that if Mr. Obama keeps attacking Wall Street “fat cats,” they may fight back by withholding their cash.
If you’re wondering what’s wrong with government you’d be hard pressed to find a more pertinent statement than the above quote from an article in today’s New York Times. I can’t even read that without feeling sick. The very fact that the term “buyer’s remorse” can be applied to elected officials should be setting of alarms everywhere, but it’s not. Do you know why? I’ll tell you why:
You are too busy with a stupid and largely irrelevant culture war. Think about it. Seriously. Pick an issue: Healthcare? Abortion? Don’t-ask-don’t-tell? Now try this one: Should your government be for sale to the highest bidder?
I don’t know about you, but I think that one trumps all the rest of them hands down. Oddly enough that issue doesn’t get much play in the press does it? No it doesn’t. Instead we get a non-stop, shrieking stream of sound bites and alarmist political marketing designed to keep everyone focused on the latest hot-button non-issue.
The truth is the issues you’ve been trained to fight about are a smoke screen. You can stomp your collectively partisan feet over bullshit, pre-packaged, party-line talking points all day and it won’t make a difference. In the final analysis what you-the-people want for your country will be subverted to the will of larger interests that can afford to purchase the outcome they want for their bottom line.
Tell that to the next ass-wipe, tea-party moron you hear whining about socialism, big government and the free-market blah-blah-blah. Tell them it’s not a question of big government or small. The real question is “should government be a commodity.” And then mention that their Revolutionary War Reenactment costume makes them look like they’re trying to sell mattresses on President’s Day.
