ESTABLISHMENT politics is a broken system populated by fearful and dysfunctional politicians who spend the majority of their time in office begging for money from the wealthy 1% who they then pander to in return for them throwing money their way. Much like a brothel. It's all about money for favors.
Another problem with politics in America is that it is a "two" party system which unfortunately represents "two" sides of the same coin; one, wealthy conservatives which make and the flip side, wealthy liberals which is basically a "selective" democracy, not the intended "representative the" democracy the Founding Father's had in mind.
The only difference between the 2 parties is that they speak out of the opposite sides of their mouths but act and behave the same way when it comes to governing which produces the results we have seen and why the approval rating for Congress is in the pits.
Just 14 percent of Americans approve of the way Congress is doing its job, according to a new Gallup survey released Wednesday, and they do not seem all that enamored with Republican leaders in the House and Senate, either.Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/poll-congress-approval-rating-gop-leadership-121285#ixzz3zWbs0o7v
That's changed in 2016 with entrance of not one, but two "anti-establishment" dark horses on to the political stage.
On the right, and representing an "overheated" faction of the Republican party is Donald Trump a self-professed "outsider" who doesn't need to pander to the millionaires and billionaires because he is one. What better candidate to have than someone who can act as a "sh-t magnet" for all those angry "soon-to-haves" who had their bubbles popped when the "dream" turned into a "nightmare" in the 2008 meltdown.
It was obvious who's still running the show at the last "establishment" sponsored ABC debate when JEB! the poster boy for the "haves" said he wanted to see "more" millionaires and used that worn out teaser that with him in office the "have-nots" would become "soon-to-have" though he didn't say how soon. But it looks like Trump might change all that in 2016.
On the left we have Bernie Sanders, a self-professed "social democrat" who sacrificed his "Independent" status of many years to get a seat at the "establishment" table and have his voice heard.
Bernie's not a liberal or a conservative, but a progressive who wants to represent almost all (99%) of the people, and who walks the talk by literally and figuratively throwing the "millionaires and billionaires" money under his bus. No BIG donors for Bernie. He's happy with $27.00 per person who's support he describes as "HUGE" and rightly so.
That makes the "establishment" nervous; especially Hillary who then has to explain why she has her hand out and takes money from the very people she claims she will take on?
Where does the money come from?
Click here; Donor Demographics
Only a tiny fraction of Americans actually give campaign contributions to political candidates, parties or PACs. The ones who give contributions large enough to be itemized (over $200) is even smaller. The impact of those donations, however, is huge. Read a detailed analysis of federal contributions by the top 1 percent of 1 percent of the population in the 2014 election cycle.
This year Americans have a real choice; the only decision they have to make is to vote!
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