The political beat goes on and on to consume the energy of
the voters and the primary candidates for president. The beat is like a large bass drum carried at
the back of a marching band. The
constant beat is about distracting every interested voter from the core issue
of this election. Every new news cycle gives
us another marginal story that dominates the political conversation. These stories or trumped up controversies only
feed the next news cycle so that no one can talk about the elephant in the
room.
While we are distracted with the latest political tid bit, the
silent elephant in the room is the influence of the almighty dollar in our
politics. Them that have the dollars get
taken care of by our politicians regardless of the cost to those folk who are
less fortunate. It is why the large
corporations, the banks and the Wall Street entities get bailed out financially
by the taxpayer, it is why the economy is so narrowly defined only by the success
of the stock market. Jobs, good jobs are
not the priority of our politicians, they don’t care about the people because they
are about cashing in. Our country is in crisis
mode and we the voters are stupid to let the politicians and their deep
pocketed donors get away with their distraction games.
The long term cure is publicly funded national elections,
every candidate would have equal funding and, therefore, they would have to
live close to the people. The short term
cure is to somehow force our candidates to talk about their funding and to whom
they are indebted. The silent ones are
in the bag to the almighty dollar and will never stand up for the people
regardless of their blather. There are only
two politicians speaking for the people, Bernie Sanders in the Democratic race
and Donald Trump, the lone voice for the people among the many Republican
candidates. Both of these candidates
have their weaknesses but more importantly they are both speaking to our America
as it now is.
Income inequality is a nation disgrace, the middle class is
shrinking, education is about jobs and political indoctrination, American
upward mobility has been severely damaged and the income gap is only getting
worse. Our politicians open our borders
to everyone, further depressing wages for the working class and burdening the taxpayer
with long term payouts. The government
will soon be the only employer. Meanwhile
our politicians make bad trade deals that are unfair to the American jobless,
trade deals written to please their large corporate and stock market masters. Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump are the only
candidates to mention these evil deals and their impact on the people who have
only one hope, the election of 2016 to modify the trend.
One might ask, why are the rest of the politicians silent? Why does the media not ask our politicians to
declare themselves? Why are the
politicians and all the media content to distract us with the little things?
It’s the elephant in the room, stupid!
G. Goslaw
Landers, Ca
