Representative Government

[cvnenglish]

Does anyone really fall for this lie? How are those fuckwits in Washington representatives of the majority of Americans when the average per capita income of a U.S. citizen is $24,020 per year? Who is representing the lower middle class over there in D.C.?

[zilch]

Get married, and have two kids, then you'll be making a $100 thousand based on that per capita figure. Then you'll be part of the establishment.

[cvnenglish]

Get married, and have two kids, then you'll be making a $100 thousand based on that per capita figure. Then you'll be part of the establishment.

Not when an average politician, single or otherwise, earns at least 50% more than that. and I said per capita as in, per person. I was not referring to the median household income.
As for me Zilch, I make great money, so does my wife. Life is good for me, I was talking about the poor bastards out there pulling 24 Grand a year.

[zilch]

Averages don't mean anything. Fire the politicians, if you don't like them.

[cvnenglish]

How about don't vote instead? Funny how the only ones happy with our government and its illusions are those fat cats who never get down to street level and see what real Americana is like. Oh by the way, most folks still respect numbers and facts, averages or otherwise.

[driedjello]

Does anyone really fall for this lie? How are those fuckwits in Washington representatives of the majority of Americans when the average per capita income of a U.S. citizen is $24,020 per year? Who is representing the lower middle class over there in D.C.?

I think people like to vote and live vicariously through their elected officials. The likelyhood of a person who earns 24K getting elected to anything higher that city council is virtually nil. Who wants a shiftless college dropout when they could have a slick guy who has connections?

Its a bit like salespeople. For some reason, they need to convey the image of success in order to get business.

All my opinions of course.

[cvnenglish]

I agree DJ, people do tend to get stupid when it's time to vote.

When Brazil's president Fernando Collor de Mello was caught for fraud and corruption, everyone was pissed. So after his impeachment, the media went around asking people why they voted for him and most women said, "because he's handsome". I'm not kidding.

That's not the worst, he was re-elected to the Senate by a 44% majority in 2006.
Benefits of being born into a political family or lack of hindsight on the part of voters?

I don't see how a majority of people can be represented by a minority, unless that majority is brain dead. Everyone has fallen into supporting a candidate and thrashing all other candidates and is blind to the very elementary fact that representative government will only work when all interests are represented therein.