I'm am at the point of breaking over the fact that the House GOP has become so utterly enmeshed with the corruption that has slowly been brought to the light over the last couple of months here in Washington. As a young man about to graduate college and go out into the world (well not really, just grad school), I feel like the government I have currently is corrupt beyond belief. So I believe it is time, time for the Democrats to stop this so-called 'truce' in the House over the Ethics Committee and demand that Congress reclaim its dignity, and its time for both parties to clean house. Its time for people, be they republican, democratic, or independent to demand honesty, integrity, and FAIR REPRESENTATION from their congresspersons. The fact that so many of us live in districts with corrupt politicians who've lived fat off the land with help from corrupt lobbyists comes not as much as a surprise, but as the cynical standard view of today's politicians. But no more!!!
I believe that it is imperative for us to demand 4 things in the coming months from our Democratic Representatives (or for those of us who live in the Republican Strongholds, our republican representatives who just might listen):
1. A move to make our national elections publicly funded.
-For too long have we had to deal with politicians representing the money-ed lobbyists over the people who actually vote for them. I believe it should be one-vote(of a constituent) for one-vote(of a congressman/woman) instead of 100,000 for one-vote. The fact that many of our representatives vote against their interests for purely money reasons is ridiculous. I want to be represented by someone who has MY interests in mind when he votes, not Pfizers, and for damn sure, not Exxon-Mobil's.
2. A move to make sure all political action committees and other so-called non-partisan political groups that play ads clearly state who's funding them.
-I don't care if I support the ad or not, I wanna know where the bottom line is!
3. A bipartisan Ethics Committee made up of 3 republicans, 3 democrats, and and independent official appointed by both parties.
-Let's stop corruption, I hate it in regards to Republicans, and any corrupt Democrat is 10x worse in my opinion. We definitely need to show America the government is making sure nobody gets away with anything.
4. A Dept. of Justice task squad that will be in charge of investigating corrupt politicians, its time we get serious about cleaning our HOUSE!
I'm not sure if this will actually happen, but I hope it does, for the sake our nation, and in the short term, for the sake of our government, the current corrup cycle is beyond belief.