Why I hate politics
A little background first, in my family my dad, my fiancée are both republicans and my mom and brother are democrats. I am a senior at UNI and have taken many government and history classes. I am Independent and favor no party at all. This will be one of the only times I will post in the politics thread.
One reason I hate politics is because it has been way to corrupt for a long time. How often does a politician do things for the right reason without any alternative? During their campaign usually they will have to make concessions about what they believe or what they are going to do in order to get funds to raise there campaign. They have to do favors for people (I scratch your back you scratch mine) in order for them to lend their support of the candidate and their money.
I hate the two party system. I do see the advantages of the party system but I would rather not have it at all. Sure you can run for another party but what are the chances you will win the election. Basically slim to none. And if you are running for president, Zero. I hate how people mark the spot where you vote for every candidate running for that party. People don’t even care what that candidate may really be about and is very uneducated about who they are voting for. I believe you should vote for someone after you have heard all of the candidates. Just because they are the same party doesn’t mean they have all the same beliefs. Republicans believe in fewer taxes most the time. So it’s no conscience that the rich tend to favor this party because they government will be taking less of their money. So because of this the republicans tend to have more money to run their campaigns, which I hate
The taxpayers pay for some of the ads (supposedly to make it more even for both candidates) which doesn’t work. Both parties usually don’t have any issues raising money so let’s just end this and stop pretending like its equal. I’m aware there are rules about how much people can give, where it’s coming from, and everything else before you criticize me. This would work though if we would stop having our candidates take money from people to run their campaign.
Once you reach the congress most people won’t argue with me that you basically have to be rich to get this far. How many politicians do you see (especially in the senate) who aren’t millionaires or very well of to say the least. I don’t believe most of them are doing it out of the goodness of their heart or to do the right thing but to build up their ego’s even more than it already is at. They want power, to be in control and to be in the headlines as much as possible. Why is it that congress feels the need to hold sessions to talk about raising their own salary? Why the president (who is a millionaire already) is making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year because they have the same type of job or position that a CEO has. Once a president is elected why don’t they just put their millions in a CD, stock, mutual funds, or interest bearing savings accounts and live off that. Save the Americans the money and put it to better use. Just like the senators should do as well because it’s not like they need it.
The people who would do real good aren’t either rich, didn’t grow up in the right family, and don’t have the time to be able to work on those things. People who are on city councils tend to in my opinion actually try to improve their own community more than there own agenda (compared to senate, house, president, and so on). I do not know any city councilmen myself but have had them speak to my class before. They will never get higher because they aren’t willing to kiss a** for money and actually care more about their family and community then to turn their life into a sham.
When trying to figure out which candidate I want as president it is wrong that I have to think about which politician is lying to me the least. I rarely watch debates or politicians talking mostly because everything they say is bull crap. I believe about 5% of what actually comes out of their mouth. Trust me; I would like to believe something they say. I just can’t until someone high up actually does something out of the goodness of their heart, not just helping someone so someday they can use it in a commercial or for PR to help their political future.
I hate party’s supporting their own party just to support them. It sucks when they do this, but they do it in order to help get their own bill put into legislation and party support for the next election. I do realize they actually do this sometimes by voting for the other side sometimes. But if the republicans put a bill into legislation then the democrats automatically come out by saying how it is a terrible bill and there bill will be better, and vise versa. It could be a good bill by either side and the other side will hate it just because they don’t like the other side. I also do see the advantages in this way in that if you want to get a bill through to do some good it might get through because most of the other people wont even read it and may vote it in for the reasons I hate it. But I hate it because were doing things the wrong way. I was taught to do things the right way and be honest. So by this way were getting things done but not in the right way.
I have voted in the two elections I have been old enough for and I keep saying that I wont vote because they are all corrupt and lying to me anyway, but I will vote anyway and I don’t know why.
Please feel free to respond, but please do not attack me personally. This is just my opinion and I realize you may not agree with parts or all of it. I may add to this later if I forgot something.
A little background first, in my family my dad, my fiancée are both republicans and my mom and brother are democrats. I am a senior at UNI and have taken many government and history classes. I am Independent and favor no party at all. This will be one of the only times I will post in the politics thread.
One reason I hate politics is because it has been way to corrupt for a long time. How often does a politician do things for the right reason without any alternative? During their campaign usually they will have to make concessions about what they believe or what they are going to do in order to get funds to raise there campaign. They have to do favors for people (I scratch your back you scratch mine) in order for them to lend their support of the candidate and their money.
I hate the two party system. I do see the advantages of the party system but I would rather not have it at all. Sure you can run for another party but what are the chances you will win the election. Basically slim to none. And if you are running for president, Zero. I hate how people mark the spot where you vote for every candidate running for that party. People don’t even care what that candidate may really be about and is very uneducated about who they are voting for. I believe you should vote for someone after you have heard all of the candidates. Just because they are the same party doesn’t mean they have all the same beliefs. Republicans believe in fewer taxes most the time. So it’s no conscience that the rich tend to favor this party because they government will be taking less of their money. So because of this the republicans tend to have more money to run their campaigns, which I hate
The taxpayers pay for some of the ads (supposedly to make it more even for both candidates) which doesn’t work. Both parties usually don’t have any issues raising money so let’s just end this and stop pretending like its equal. I’m aware there are rules about how much people can give, where it’s coming from, and everything else before you criticize me. This would work though if we would stop having our candidates take money from people to run their campaign.
Once you reach the congress most people won’t argue with me that you basically have to be rich to get this far. How many politicians do you see (especially in the senate) who aren’t millionaires or very well of to say the least. I don’t believe most of them are doing it out of the goodness of their heart or to do the right thing but to build up their ego’s even more than it already is at. They want power, to be in control and to be in the headlines as much as possible. Why is it that congress feels the need to hold sessions to talk about raising their own salary? Why the president (who is a millionaire already) is making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year because they have the same type of job or position that a CEO has. Once a president is elected why don’t they just put their millions in a CD, stock, mutual funds, or interest bearing savings accounts and live off that. Save the Americans the money and put it to better use. Just like the senators should do as well because it’s not like they need it.
The people who would do real good aren’t either rich, didn’t grow up in the right family, and don’t have the time to be able to work on those things. People who are on city councils tend to in my opinion actually try to improve their own community more than there own agenda (compared to senate, house, president, and so on). I do not know any city councilmen myself but have had them speak to my class before. They will never get higher because they aren’t willing to kiss a** for money and actually care more about their family and community then to turn their life into a sham.
When trying to figure out which candidate I want as president it is wrong that I have to think about which politician is lying to me the least. I rarely watch debates or politicians talking mostly because everything they say is bull crap. I believe about 5% of what actually comes out of their mouth. Trust me; I would like to believe something they say. I just can’t until someone high up actually does something out of the goodness of their heart, not just helping someone so someday they can use it in a commercial or for PR to help their political future.
I hate party’s supporting their own party just to support them. It sucks when they do this, but they do it in order to help get their own bill put into legislation and party support for the next election. I do realize they actually do this sometimes by voting for the other side sometimes. But if the republicans put a bill into legislation then the democrats automatically come out by saying how it is a terrible bill and there bill will be better, and vise versa. It could be a good bill by either side and the other side will hate it just because they don’t like the other side. I also do see the advantages in this way in that if you want to get a bill through to do some good it might get through because most of the other people wont even read it and may vote it in for the reasons I hate it. But I hate it because were doing things the wrong way. I was taught to do things the right way and be honest. So by this way were getting things done but not in the right way.
I have voted in the two elections I have been old enough for and I keep saying that I wont vote because they are all corrupt and lying to me anyway, but I will vote anyway and I don’t know why.
Please feel free to respond, but please do not attack me personally. This is just my opinion and I realize you may not agree with parts or all of it. I may add to this later if I forgot something.
