Lately I’ve noticed when talking to friends at work with extremely differing political views from mine, that there are quite a few things that we agree on. Certain issues like less pervasive government and campaign finance problems are agreed upon by both parties across the board . How is this possible if both political sides agree, then one would think that these issues would be a slam dunk. But one needs first to look at who is actually pulling the strings on this puppet, yes we do vote our law makers into office but don’t be fooled that is where our influence stops. At this point the special interest groups and their lobbyist’s take over. If you understand who is calling the shots then it is clear why none of the policies that we the people would like to see ever see the light of day. Most of the legislation that gets acted on is far left or far right-wing stuff, which furthers the divide and causes more and more hate between the people. Like the current Health Care Reform bill being legislated now by one side with absolutely no help or votes from the right. You will hear it said by Republicans that this legislation was rammed down their throats without any advice from the right, but remember that the first committee that formed the shape of the bill was made up of 3 republicans and 3 democrats… kinda of strange for a party with overwhelming majority’s in both houses. And remember that Single Payer (what the President was elected to provide) was not even allowed to come to the table. Regardless of whether this legislation passes or not, its the divide that will come one way or the other. I believe that these subtle moves assure that the status-quo is maintained for the insurance companies and big business. We are in fact being played by big money that wants to deepen the divide among the people. I believe that is why we are seeing more people being moved to groups like the tea-partiers even though this group was formed by wealthy families like Dick Armey and big Oil they have since been strengthened by more moderate factions. More and more people have become disillusioned by their party and the lack of progress for the common man. Big business’s only hope is to keep us fighting among each other while they slowly stack the deck in their favor.
The Need for Division
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