Lost tribe of Westwood

Has anyone noticed that after FRD, we changed from a democratic government and became a capitalistic government. A poor man will never get elected to public office. This was the reason we left England, remember the tea party, it was a protest against the rich, tea sipping self serving capitalism of the British Monarchy. I guess history is something to ignore.

If you disagree with that statement, let me simplify it for you. "MONEY TALKS, BULLSHIT WALKS". How about Harry Truman's'"The buck stops here". He was not talking metaphorically, but expressing an idea that government can be bought.

This is pointed at both parties. Not the Republican and the Democratic, but the other real parties, The Capitalistic Party and the Socialist Party. Who allowed this to happen? We the people. I fear that I am one of the few that still believe in democratic principles. Our system is broke, beyond repair and will only get worse if we stay the course. History, there is that bad word again, has showed us what will happen if we continue to want to rule the world, or buy it. The middle east capitalism has been cloaked by monarchies and dictatorship, but once that veneer is stripped away, the peoples eyes are opened and they start to rebel.

History shows that every empire that was ruled by capitalism has fallen. Britain controlled the trade routes of the world and look at what happened. That is only one example.

Socialism is not the answer either, because people have shown that this can be corrupted. The unions were suppose to be for the little man as was the democratic party, trying to break the grip that capitalism had on us. The unions were suppose to balance the books, but greed and corruption swung the balance to the "He who has money rules" side of the ledger.

We must decide, do we want to be ruled by "Big Brother" or do we want the richest people to make the decisions? Do we need government telling us how to run our lives, or have our lives dictated by speculators, big business, and wall street?

America, lets take small steps to correct things. Tell the talking head of the media to shut their pie holes. They are in it for the money, not for the people. Everyone is an expert and the millions of books that are published on everything shows the ignorance that has descended upon us. If you muddy the waters enough, nothing will be clear.

Take the profit out of politics. Line item veto's, one bill at a time, get rid of the IRS and put a straight tax on everything. If you are out of work, a straight tax can create jobs to improve America and get you back to work. This way unemployment is a subsidy to get back to work with hope for the future.

Remove the profit out of education and health care. There are less students in our schools and they still want more money. We would have less people on disability if people didn't have to worry about health care costs. Centralize the school system so that they can purchase fairly and economically.

These are starts that we don't want to take. Neither party want this, so as long as we continue to follow our pied pipers, (Party Politics) we are doomed to follow history. It is that simple.