Thanks for the first hand report from ground zero Eric, and my apologies for the tardy response. When I should have been tending to answering comments last night I got involved in watching live reports from around the country on the violence.
A "hard reset" is exactly what we need and as to whether or not it would work, it worked for well over 100 years here in this country at a time when the country was most vulnerable; its inception. I am not saying it would be easy since there is a lot of layers of crap that have to be cleared away. Your ideas of stripping away corporate influence and term limits are long overdue but what politician will vote to end his own gravy train?
One of the most overlooked things with these career politicians is the fact that several of them are collecting pensions and retirement from earlier lower level government jobs before they even get to Washington. My last congressman from my district was a former judge at the county level collecting his pension the whole eight years he was in DC, now he gets both his judge pension and one from his congress stint.
Rick Perry is another one who is on that gravy train as well that I know of. Talk about a man who who can't speak the truth; he is one for sure. When running for president he vowed he would eliminate government agencies and when he lost his bid for president he ended up being the secretary of one of the agencies he said needed abolished. How is that for hypocrisy?
You are very welcome on the HIVE. Take care and stay safe.
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You're right, most of those who get into politics do so to enrich themselves or for the power. The system is so corrupt now it would be difficult to figure out where to begin. If the candidates are honest when they're elected they quickly seem to lose sight of their moral compass and the plight of everyday people. Lately I've been daydreaming quite a bit about moving someplace tropical and far-far away. Lol. Have a great week!
I think you are old enough to remember this island.... Gilligan's Island... that would be the perfect island for me.
Yes, I could handle that. Marianne was pretty hot. Lol.