Our politics are owned by money, big money, the rich and well connected money. You may vote, but your vote only puts them in office. The rich and well connected own them. A member of the House of Representatives runs every 2 years. That means that representative has to raise huge amounts of money to run a campaign. Both parties have call centers set up across from the legislature. They are expected to spend several hours a day in those call centers doing cold calls to raise money for both their campaign and the party coffers. So say they spend 4 hours a day cold calling, that does not leave much time for the work of the government, does it? The politicians have their base. But that base on neither side is enough to put them in office and keep them there. Every one of them needs the swing voters. And they spend enough to end poverty in this country every year. Think about that. Enough money is spent on political campaigns in this country every year to end poverty within the country. And churches raise enough money to make every person in this country well off for life. And those churches pay no taxes, nothing. Do you now see why this country is in so much mess. It is well past time to take money out of politics, abolish the political parties and force every politician to run as non partisan. And we have social media. There is no longer a need for the money in politics. A politician can do their campaigning on social media, a few town hall meetings, and forcing tv and newspapers to donate 1 ad to those running for office free of charge. Next up outlawing lobbying. This is nothing but sanctioned bribery and should be so illegal. But unless we force the politicians to enact these as law, it won't happen. It is up to the voters to control their politicians.
Next up-non-profits. These are nothing but stealing and no accountability. I can start a non-profit, put 1% of what I raise from donations toward the cause I am raising money for, and keep the rest. Just take a look at Goodwill. Nothing and I do mean nothing is given back to the community. He gives nothing back. He gets around that 1% by declaring he does job training for the mentally handicapped and hiring them. He does-for a lot less than federal minimum wage, which is being held at $7.25 because that is where the republican want it. Let's move on to the Red Cross. They do blood drive. They do not pay you for that blood. But they do sell it to hospitals. Fair enough. They have to cover costs of staffing to draw said blood, test blood. But they do charge to make a profit. Then hospitals charge you for putting it into your veins. Costs are from $1500 to $5500 per transfusion. So if you give your blood freely, then you wind up in a hospital needing a transfusion, you really pay for that blood. When my father was in the Pacific in WW11, he told me of his ship coming into port. The red cross was set up on the docks with coffee and donuts. They were set up SELLING coffee and donuts to the sailors coming off a combat mission. And I have been told this by several service members. So not a fan of Red Cross.
Churches. Yea, no, Just no. They feel free to peddel politics from the pulpit. They collect obscene amounts of money and pay no taxes. They aren't even required to keep records. And that money does not go to charity. So the need is great to totally ban non-profits. Make them illegal. Completely. When my husband was dying from COPD, I continually got requests from the American Lung Association for donations. I contacted them for financial help. I was told that they do not offer any help. That they only fund research. So your money does not go to help people. It goes into pockets. Oh and the CEO of Red Cross make just in salary alone $634,000/year. That does not include health insurance, drivers and other perks. So I do not give to these non-profits. I give locally to the food bank, the animal shelter, the fundraisers for people needing medical care.
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