Wednesday, November 5, 2014

2014 Mid Term Elections Money

This year's midterm elections cost an estimated $3.7 billion according to Center for Responsive Politics. However, due to the highly controversial and egregiously illegal ruling of 2010 of the United States Supreme Court in favor of Citizens United, there are hundreds of millions of dollars unreported, either from source or funding.
This should trouble all Americans. Money has become speech. And it is not accountable to libel or fact.
Approximately $2.7 billion spent came from the candidates of their respective parties, the remainder from outside sources, often themselves not reported.
This means the money could be coming from terrorist groups or church groups or parties with self interests from the candidates. We simply don't know where it comes from.
We cannot deposit or withdraw over $10K from our own bank accounts at one time without filling out "Patriot Act" related forms and waiting until they are approved, but politicians are able to get money from unknown sources?
How do we know terrorist groups with anti-American oil interests are not funding the Republican party? We do not.
Senator Kay Hagan, a responsible and once respected member of North Carolina's congressional delegation, was defeated in favor of a state senator who is slightly to the right of Atilla the Hun and Jesse Helms. In that election alone, over $100 million was spent, much of it to libelous and "suggestive" TV ads that swayed the deeply religious claiming state of North Carolina.
I would ask the same question to all the "deeply religious" southern states that overwhelmingly think they are best served by the Republican party, since they have courted you, how much better off are you? Do you have more religious freedoms? Are you better off financially? Why do they care about you? If you answer those questions truthfully, you will be surprised at your own conclusions.
Would Jesus be in favor of business being solely for themselves and for government NOT helping those less fortunate or in need?
Would Jesus wish ANYONE to be treated as second class citizens and denied rights afforded to all others?
Would Jesus say, by God, only Christians should serve in government? Because indeed if he did, he would disqualify himself and it would beg the question, would YOU vote for an Arab Jew? Because your savior wasn't a Christian!

Money has always made the world go 'round.
I don't expect this to change.
But when money creates false worlds and fosters lies and scare tactics to persuade voters to "do whats best for them" by voting for those who are helping only those exactly opposite of them, its time to stop, turn off the TV voting guide, and ask yourself questions that will fetch honest answers.

Lastly, I heard Senator Mitch McConnell today in a victory speech. One of the first legislative priorities he mentioned was "getting Senate back to work" and getting rid of things that obstruct business in the Senate. My guess on this is while they are in power, they intend on limiting filibusters, the very tool they use while in the minority. I will be watching anxiously when they lose the majority, how quickly they reverse these measures before they become the minority again.
But I also heard him say how they plan to disassemble the Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, and send it to House and the Presidents desk for repeal, one piece at a time.
They offer this because, "Americans are not happy with it." But he offers no alternative solution or exchange. His agenda, once again, sounds like doing whatever he can to make sure President Obama is not successful. The same thing he said when the president was elected.
I would be happy to hear what solutions or alternatives or tradeoffs the Republican party would offer. But history proves they offer none, only to be the "voice of the people" and fix what the Democrats do. Read: undo anything that our donors don't like, no matter the cost.

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