The Republican Senator, Olympia Snowe from Maine, has written on what it feels like to be in the Senate today as compared to her previous forty years. The House and Senate have become charades, trying to make people believe what they are doing their job recognizable as governing, which in reality it is not.
There is a very good reason that ratings are the lowest in the memory of most of us who have been around for many decades. The loss of respect for our legislators follows the loss of respects for priests, Boy Scout leaders, police who are brutal, teachers and so many more, This is sad because not all people in any of these groups is shameful. But our young Americans do not hear of those unless they are lucky enough to find a few during the growing up years.
Most of us can avoid many of these groups, especially as we are older, but we can't get away from the fact that the Legislators rule our lives. It would be nice to have them doing a good job. No, not just nice; it is necessary that they do their jobs and I can only hope that people will vote with great consideration to which of these people have not done their jobs since they were elected on a State or Federal level..
There is a very good reason that ratings are the lowest in the memory of most of us who have been around for many decades. The loss of respect for our legislators follows the loss of respects for priests, Boy Scout leaders, police who are brutal, teachers and so many more, This is sad because not all people in any of these groups is shameful. But our young Americans do not hear of those unless they are lucky enough to find a few during the growing up years.
Most of us can avoid many of these groups, especially as we are older, but we can't get away from the fact that the Legislators rule our lives. It would be nice to have them doing a good job. No, not just nice; it is necessary that they do their jobs and I can only hope that people will vote with great consideration to which of these people have not done their jobs since they were elected on a State or Federal level..
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Both of the major political parties in the U.S. have suffered substantial declines in voter registration over the past six years. The percentage of American voters who label themselves independent is now 40%, an all-time high. But while party affiliation becomes increasingly irrelevant to most voters, our elected officials are now more partisan than ever. Is it any wonder why fewer people look to Washington for answers?
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