In Congress We Trust...NOT

One of the big talking points on some of the PBS news shows and showing up occasionally in the mainstream news is the fact that the average American now expects Congress as a group to get whatever they attempt to do wrong. Even having lived through this change in attitude, I can not point to any one time or item or discussion and say this is when Congress started to go wrong. Partisan politics of the type we see today did not just spring into being. It had to build up over time. Confidence in an institution as important as Congress took time to erode. It takes a lot of mistakes to get that many people mad. Can this new attitude toward Congress be reversed?

KNick wrote:One of the big talking points on some of the PBS news shows and showing up occasionally in the mainstream news is the fact that the average American now expects Congress as a group to get whatever they attempt to do wrong. Even having lived through this change in attitude, I can not point to any one time or item or discussion and say this is when Congress started to go wrong. Partisan politics of the type we see today did not just spring into being. It had to build up over time. Confidence in an institution as important as Congress took time to erode. It takes a lot of mistakes to get that many people mad. Can this new attitude toward Congress be reversed?

I was just wondering why there were no responses to this post.

The Government does not trust it's own people, so is it any wonder the people don't trust the government? Congress makes us live under rules it exempts itself from. "Do as I say not as I do," is not the way to garner respect.

Poker

Hi All,

Recent events in Massachusetts show how much the government trusts its citizens with armed troops on the streets, oops Homeland Security officers, we can't violate the Possi cumattus Act can we?:



Note the Obama Administration put the American flying public at risk cutting Air traffic control to buy those vehicles for homeland security. Humm, makes one wonder what the fascist clique has in mind for us don't it? Can the concentration camps and showers be far behind?

Poker

The furloughs of Air Traffic Controllers were a
result of The Sequester. The idea that nothing
important would be lost was ... optimistic.

And, The Sequester was the result of GOP presure.
I'm sure that all in both parties believe that the
Democrats would have chosen to go on spending,
for things that we believe necessary.

Also Please Note that The Sequester is a recent thing.
All Homeland Security vehicles were bought before it,
and were ordered even before that.
BTWay, which President created the DoHS?

HTM, Pointy-Headed Liberal

pokermind wrote:Hi All,
[snip - htm]
Note the Obama Administration put the American
flying public at risk cutting Air Traffic Control
to buy those vehicles for homeland security.
Humm, makes one wonder what the fascist clique has
in mind for us don't it? Can the concentration
camps and showers be far behind?

Poker

Hi Howard,

Evidence points to the fact the Obama Administration saw to it the Sequestor you hurt the public to political gain. As was the Republican's allowing the Sequestor to come into effect. Neither political party comes away not spattered with the mud of political rancor. Showing the point of this thread our politicians are more interested in scoring points than solving the nation's problems.

God fearing, gun toting and, tobacco chewing conservative

Howard T. Map-addict wrote:The furloughs of Air Traffic Controllers were a
result of The Sequester. The idea that nothing
important would be lost was ... optimistic.

And, The Sequester was the result of GOP presure.
I'm sure that all in both parties believe that the
Democrats would have chosen to go on spending,
for things that we believe necessary.

Also Please Note that The Sequester is a recent thing.
All Homeland Security vehicles were bought before it,
and were ordered even before that.
BTWay, which President created the DoHS?

HTM, Pointy-Headed Liberal

pokermind wrote:Hi All,
[snip - htm]
Note the Obama Administration put the American
flying public at risk cutting Air Traffic Control
to buy those vehicles for homeland security.
Humm, makes one wonder what the fascist clique has
in mind for us don't it? Can the concentration
camps and showers be far behind?

Poker

The big problem with congress is always the other guy. The majority of people like their own representative and think that he/she is doing an acceptable job. But they think that all of those other guys are doing a terrible job, which is why congress in the aggregate gets an approval rating of 10-20% but individual representatives generally get approval ratings of several times that from their own constituents. Which in part is why 90%+ of them get relected, most with minimal opposition.