The Rape of America

Yes, America is the victim and the rapist is the Congress. You heard or rather, read me right. America is in a bad way. The economy has tanked (and no matter what you hear on the National Obama Broadcasting Network it is still in the tank), more people are out of work than are being counted, and we are being sold down the river by the very men and women we've sent to Congress to work for us.
The rape of America by men like Bernie Madoff caused our economy to tank. The mismanagement of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac by Congressmen like Chris Dodd and Barney Frank who told us everything was fine has a great deal to do with it. Unfortunately, they have been given a pass when they should both be in jail. I understand the desire to put people in homes, after all, it's the American Dream to own your own home. But to put them in homes and loan them money they know they can't begin to make payments on, is criminal. They knew this system had to fail and yet, they encouraged banks to keep loaning money to people of quesitonable financial support.
Wall Street has been able to profit from bad investments without any kind of checks and balances system in place to protect the small investor. If you have a crew of expensive lawyers on retainer and a few million behind your name, you can sue and get compensation for mismanaged investments. Ron Perlman did it and won. But the average citizen has no such support system and so he's just out the money they lost. As people's life savings swirled down the sewer, they were told, "Too bad, it didn't work out." What kind of answer is that? When you can't pay your mortgage and bills and you are left with filing backruptcy as your only option, why do they not have to answer for anything? What happens when you become senior citizens and are too old to find a job? By this time, investment companies have moved on to a new target and you are left to get by as best you can.
When Congressional representatives and senators go to Washington, the first thing they do is give themselves a raise in pay each January on their return from Christmas break. And they meet with lobbyists who promise them all the perks they could possibly want as long as they remember them and pass laws in their favor. When will this vicious cycle be stopped?
The people send respresentatives and senators to Washington to work for them and instead of remembering that, they forget all about the constituents they represent. They begin tacking on pork barrel spending programs onto bills on the floor and hope the "old folks" back home won't notice.
But we are noticing. We're noticing when the minority leader in the house, John Boehner and the Senator from Georgia, Mr. Chambliss, play golf on PAC money. When Congress takes European vacations with their friends and families and when Nancy Pelosi, and Barbara Boxer fly their husbands back and forth across the country in a private jet that our tax dollars are paying for. And for the kickbacks that Mrs. Boxer's husband is getting when she makes sure his company is awarded government contracts. When does all this graft stop? When do the people wise up and break down this political machine?
And jobs? They're cooking the books to make it look like not as many people are losing their jobs each month. Of course there aren't as many when you don't count those who worked part time jobs and cannot collect benefits when they lose their jobs. Or when they haven't worked long enough to file for benefits. Or those who get disgusted by the huge paperwork backlogs and just give up. Where are those statistics?
The time has come to start riding herd on Congress and end all the wasteful spending. One way is to establish term limits. No more lifetime jobs. We don't have that luxury. Why should they?
They refuse to do the people's business effectively. When you don't do a good job, you lose your job and so should they.
Congress doesn't even read the bills they're voting on. What kind of sense does this make? If the Tea parties have done one thing, it's to make the people aware of this one fact. We're finding out the extent of how much money is wasted with asinine studies that amount to raping and pillaging the country. They want us to pay more taxes so they can continue their abusive lifestyle. Are we going to let them get away with it? They need to be held accountable to us and if they refuse, as some town meetings proved, they need to go. Never forget the power of the vote! ~ One Voice