OUR TIME HAS COME, Part 7, Government "Perks", Free Health Care, the Supreme Court.

Re: Government perks, free health care, the supreme court:

Government perks:

There seems to be a 'freeze' on everything these days, except job loss; and equality for women; and right wing attacks of the gay community. Just empty campaign rhetoric as usual.

People are not really as stupid as these politicians and their wealthy benefactors would like to believe we are. They just count on our apathy, and indifference to be able to do what ever they want without any challenges by the people. And so far it has been working in their favor.

There will never be an end to those 'earmarks' tacked onto every single bill that is introduced. Nothing ever changes. Even after all those campaign promises to stop these, they are still there.

There must be a solution to stop those politicians from receiving their annual raises for doing nothing, when social security recipients are denied the annual cost of living raises, as mandated by law.

The politicians have voted themselves high costly wages, private free health benefits, exorbitant retirement benefits for life, after serving one term only and for representation for the wealthy, not the common people. Our taxes are currently paying these thieves to represent the wealthy - not the American citizens.

Retirement benefits:

They have voted themselves excessive retirement benefits while threatening to reduce social security benefits, dismantle it, or worse - turn it over to their thieving wealthy benefactors to suck those funds dry too.

Billions, or trillions, of dollars are being thrown away on these excessive retirement packages. Money wasted. Politicians should be placed on social security benefits, with the same rules and guide lines as all other hard working decent Americans are. I believe we would see some immediate back peddling from them about their present attitudes towards social security, medicare, medicaid, etc...

Free Health Care:

Free health care for government officials? There is little wonder why they have no interest in health care reform.

Insurance monsters (oops i meant monopolies) are the richest, most powerful and greedy entities in this world. (In the state of Florida, you cannot even get a drivers license anymore with out paying the insurance company their blood money first.). The DMV will not issue any license without proof of insurance".

Insurance companies: The perfect example of the old saying: Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Too big to fail? ( Only in the eyes of the wealthy). Make no mistake about that falsehood.

If AIG had been allowed to fail/fall/crumble/disintegrate/dissolve/die, this world would have been a much better place with that ending. There are thousands of smaller, less greedy, insurance providers that would have been happy to pick up the slack and share those huge net profits that only went into private pocketbooks, instead of back into the economy.

The corrupted supreme court:

My biggest question is: How in hell did this country end up with a supreme court that would sooner protect the corporate monster than serve the people?

Their historically stupid, inane and idiotic ruling that a corporation has the same rights as an individual, has made a complete mockery out of our justice system and handed this government over to the wealthy on a silver platter.

I surely would like to know the price tag for that one. There is no doubt in my mind that they were paid big bucks to pull that one off. These supreme court judges were wined, dined and paid to make that ruling, and the American people pays the penalty for it.

Neither the politicians, nor their wealthy benefactors, have been affected by this economic downward spiral. They just keep on getting their high salaries, their perks, free insurance, excessive retirement packages and on top of that - their bribery money. Wow. i am sorry i did not go into politics years ago.

Lets put America first in progressive change for once. We must somehow stop this decadent Greed Machine running rampant across the globe. Let us re-create a government that all Americans can be proud of once again. A government that is for the people, and by the people.!! OH, YES WE CAN !!!

d.william 10/14/10