Do they think we are stupid?

Four years ago the Democrats took back control of the House of Representatives and the new Speaker of the House promised to "drain the swamp". Now four years later, we can look back and say, not only did the Democrats not drain the swamp, they added tons of their own slime. When nine of the top ten most corrupt politicians are Democrats, and of those nine half are from the Congress, it is obvious that Nancy Pelosi is either an utter failure, a pathological liar or both. When you see that she is one of those top ten, then I think you will agree that she is both a liar and a failure. The absurdity of any control on questionable practices is shown by the fact that one of the most egregious sinners, Rep. Charlie Rangel, openly paid money to the campaign coffers of the representatives who were investigating him on ethics complaints. Not only is he bribing people, he does so without shame, without hiding it.

Of course in 2009 DC was introduced to the Chicago style of politics, and things changed for the worse significantly. We have seen an almost 1 trillion dollar stimulus bill used to pay off cronies and Obama supporters. In the health care bill, closed door deals have resulted in so many exemptions for different groups that it is difficult to keep up with who gets what. Examples range from specific health insurers being granted tax exemptions, to the infamous Louisiana Purchase and the Cornhusker Kickback.
The icing on the cake is the most recent announcement of the $60 billion, yes that is right billion, dollar tax exemption for the union Cadillac health plans. This, together with all the other exemptions and special deals
will result in creating two classes of people in this great country, the have exemptions and the have nots. For the have nots, I wonder how the American public will react when they realize that they will be paying
roughly one thousand dollars per family more towards the mandated health care than union members.
We cannot change all this corruption and mis-use of power over-night, but we have to start and we have to start soon. The special elections which have been taking place show that there is a ground swell of support for fiscally responsible and honest candidates. November 2010 will give US the opportunity to "drain the swamp" and we should take the handle with both hands and start "pumping". Once we have elected more honorable legislators, we need to make sure that we hold them accountable for their campaign promises and call them out on any whiff of impropriety.

We have to remind Washington, that while they make closed door deals for their own benefit, our chance will come in November of this year when we will make our own closed door, actually closed curtain, deals at the ballot box.