Until We change the laws on this matter, We the People will always come in second to the moneyed interests running our economy, our politics, and our government.
So forget "bi-partisanship." This is only a buzzword fed to the masses.
And forget the two party system - there is no such animal in America any more.
And forget the concept of a "Christian" nation - look around you - THIS is the world our "Christian" nation has built.
And forget the Constitution - it has become a "quaint" document, since it has never accounted for Money, as political Power.
Just remember, as things continue to fall apart, as the planet is thrown deeper into irreversible warming, as the innocent are ground under the boots of Capitalism, WE could have changed it all.
But instead, WE chose to protect our own personal comfort, rather than choosing to risk it all for our children, for our country, for our planet.
If this were not the truth, things would have already changed. We would have stopped going to work, stopped buying cheap crap from Walmart, and would have flooded the streets of every town and city in this country, demanding change.
And do you know who our inaction serves? THE RICH AND POWERFUL, and their pet LOBBYISTS - who are NEVER quiet, who are ALWAYS out there getting their voices heard. Sure, they get an open door invitation to the back office, greased with loads and loads of campaign cash. SO WHAT?
We have sheer numbers. How could they possibly win against that?
UPDATE: One more thing I'd like to add to this. Lobbying is not just bad for our Democracy, but it has a particularly perverse and damaging side-effect: Corporate lobbying stifles innovation.
Think about it - if a corporation can spend a few million bribing lawmakers to alter existing laws, or create new laws, that protect the manner in which a corporation does business, then wherein lies the impetus to innovate? Why should a corporate polluter seek to do business in a manner which does not pollute, if all it has to do is take the easy path with Congress? A few bucks, and alla-kazaam! Polluting is no longer a problem, and the corporation can continue belching and spewing right along. However, if the laws could not be influenced, if the corporate polluter found it must change the way it does business, or go out of business, what do you suppose would happen? Innovation?
LOBBYING IS WHY WE ARE NOT A GREEN PLANET ALREADY.