Who believes that both the Democrats and the Republicans are not working for the interest of the people of this country but more for the interest in staying in power for their own benefits and luxuries?

I really don't think both of the parties are honest with us. They are just working close with the media and corporations to keep us at bay.


If you are with me, explain how we can get back our country based on the Constitution that our forefathers wrote. How can we get this country united like "Obama" so promised but failed to really make it a widely accepted nation amongst the world citizens. How can we make our budget stabilized, have work ensured for every American, Infrastructure Repaired, and a future for our children on education and health care reform. How can we make sure our veterans and seniors get the benefits they deserve?

How can we get a third party to take over the country since the two party system failed us?

What are your ideas? It doesn't matter if you favor more one of the two parties. Give us your ideas!

well, basic math tells me, to budget once you are in the red, you either must take in more or put out less

those in position of power, who receive pretty nice perks for their position, should be the first to take cuts in income when things are balanced

all should step up to put in a bit more(Taxes), provided there is equivalent effort to insure wages that are truly livable in the first place

I kind of like the (amsterdam?) model of caps where everyone must employ someone else to do something so that everyone truly does have work, but I was told in economics that it would actually be a FAILED economy if every healthy person had a job(strange, but thats how it was explained), there is actually a NEED for some people to not be working,, but dont ask me to explain it


we do need to stop making mere profit our bottom line, in my opinion, and get back to thinking about the big picture and the impacts certain actions have on families and communities

I think if we put people first again instead of the dollar, we might get somewhere,,but Im sure we have come too far in the culture where money equals personal worth to have that idea ever come to fruition

Infrastructure overhauling and jobs go hand and hand.

Our national infrastructure is in very dire straits. Roads and bridges have been deteriorating rapidly even when the governments had decent amounts of money to spend on upgrading.

Here in Maryland the governor has raided the transportation fund to cover his budgetary shortfalls in other places and now we have no money to maintain our roads. Of course their answer is to add a 13 cent tax per gallon of gas and raise all the tolls on bridges by 200%.

I really thought that the I35 bridge collapse in Minneapolis would get the politicians attention, but apparently they didn't learn their lesson.

Yes very true that is disturbing. Also the debate about clean drinking water was a big issue we have. The infrastructure needs to be repaired but somehow the money is going elsewhere in places that has nothing to do with the people's welfare.

I think what is going on is one side wants less government meaning more privatization and the other side wants more government to be responsible for such things as repairing our roads, bridges, clean water...what have you.

There is where the stalemate occurs and nothing is done in Congress. Of course the rich have money to get their roads fixed, clean water, etc so it is not in dire need of an issue to present to Congress.

What we need to do is find out how to trust our government again and that only means to change it completed with a different political affiliate. I lost trust with Democrats and Republicans alike and I hope I am not the only American feeling this way then I need to reevaluate my citizenship for sure!

If we want less government...fine but then we have to find a way to keep our communities going strong with employment, good infrastructure, that includes health care and education.


If we want more government.....fine also but at least make sure that the government actually puts the money into the needs of the people like fixing our highways and bridges, staying out of expensive wars or get more help funding it without us going broke, providing education and a health care reform everyone can agree on.


More government or less government...Republican or Democrat...really doesn't matter anymore. What matters is we get our priorities straight and really get started on fixing our nation to the extent where we can say we are not the laughing stock of the world in the future because we can't get along anymore.

So that is why I ask what can we do as a people...forget the government at this moment. The question is what can we do personally. I am sitting in my office right now and ready to do something, but how? What can be done?

When we collaborate minds we can perhaps make a movement so big that it could change our country for the better or is this just wishful dreaming again?

So tell me what can be done physically...not just in typing of words here or verbally a little here and there when we go outside.

The simple fact is that the average person only cares about what is going on when something happens to them personally.

When times are good no one pays attention to the details. Look at something like social security. How do you go from a solvent entity one day to a $45 billion shortfall the next without there being something seriously wrong with the system. Whether that be fewer workers paying into the system or the feds raiding the trust fund and now they have no ability to pay it back..

They sit and they bicker about who's fault it is or they play the scare tactic games.

They measure results by how well they make the otherside look bad.

The only way things are going to change is if the public rises up during an election cycle and votes 2/3rds of the incumbents out of office. If the new ones play the same games then you vote them out until you find people that actually want to get things in order rather than worrying about getting re elected or what kind of lobbying job they may get once they retire.

Is there such a movement going on now where we can get 2/3rds of the votes to get the incumbents who are not doing their job out of office? Are there websites up or any strong movements doing this already?

If not then maybe we need to create such a website in the future. It is a good idea what you have going.

You see ideas! There are ideas...just nobody is doing them. Nothing is stirring the pot and we need to stir that pot!

Replacing Corrupt Individual A with Corrupt Individual B, ad infinitum, will not solve anything.

You don't fix a bullet wound to the head by shooting another one in there every few years.