Voice of the people?
By worldwise1
@worldwise1 (14885)
United States
October 4, 2008 6:35am CST
Once again our politicians have ignored the voice of the people on the matter of the $700,000,000 bailout. If they are not there to serve their constituents, then who? Speaker Nancy Pelosi herself said the other day that she had received more than 90,000 phone calls and emails from the voters, 85,000 of which were against passing the bill. She followed that up by saying the people just didn't understand what the stakes were in this matter! I find it hard to believe that an overwhelming majority of the people could be that ignorant. I don't know about anyone else but I plan to search out just who voted to pass the bill and let my vote reflect how I really feel. The government is supposed to work for the people, and it certainly is not doing so these days. I'd like to know if you agree that politicians should be held responsible when they ignore the voice of the people.
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5 responses
@Aurone (4755)
• United States
7 Oct 08
I agree. Someone told my father if he didn't vote for Obama then he was a racist. Can you believe it? Also, some people don't vote because voters are the jury pool and people don't want to serve on juries. So much for the jury of your peers idea.
Interestingly enough in California Jury duty is drawn through the DMV and not through voting which is a good idea I think.
@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
6 Oct 08
Many people don't vote, Aurone, because they have lost all confidence in our political system. Who could forget the mess that happened in Florida the last time? Even now I just heard of threats being levied against some voters if they don't vote a certain way. This is not to be tolerated!
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@pismeof (855)
• United States
5 Oct 08
Wise1,I would like to remind everyone that are government is a representative government and not a pure democracy per se.It is up to our reps to determine what is in the best interest of the people; vote and conduct business with that in mind and not what knee-jerk reactions may be from the populace.That said...
I feel that they all let us down by passing such a bill with out so much as a congressional hearing.Why weren't economic and financial experts called to the Hill to give alternative points of view or some recommendations?They passed a nearly TRILLION Dollar deficit onto the people and they haven't a CLUE as to whether or not it would even work .I'm disgusted and think that come november every incombant representative should be voted out of office and we should completely start from scratch.Send a message to Washington.
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@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
6 Oct 08
I couldn't agree with you more, pismeof! It's time for the people to take a stand, and that will only happen if we vote out of office those reps who didn't have a care for the people. It is indeed time for a change.
@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
6 Oct 08
In truth, stephcjh, they really don't care! They will care, however, if everyone gets together and boots them out of office the next election.
@soccermom (3198)
• United States
4 Oct 08
I agree that politicians should be held responsible, and the only way to do that is in the voting booth. But the thing is. poiticians rely on what I call voter ADD, meaning they know that 6 months from now most voters will be focused on the next big issue and this one will be forgotten. Most everyone here knows I am an Obama supporter, but I'm really hoping that at this point McCain will hold true to his promise to "make them famous" and let us know who it was that attached the insane amount of pork to the bailout. You'd think our representatives in Washington would have had the sense to see that $700 billion was enough without adding another $150 billion worth of useless tax breaks to industries that don't really need them.
@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
6 Oct 08
It's the "American Way," soccermom. One hand washes the other. I guess they thought that the sum of $700,000,000 wasn't sticking it to the taxpayers enough, so they decided to add another nice round figure.
@underdogtoo (9579)
• Philippines
4 Oct 08
I don't understand how the representatives of the people could know more than the people they represent. This is democracy at its silliest. If the people allow this to stand then they deserve the people they sent to office.
@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
6 Oct 08
I know there is a site where you can go and see how everyone voted, underdogtoo. I plan to find it today.
