Do They Really Care About Us?

I have recently heard friends and acquaintances mention that politicians are honest, hard-working people who somehow change once they get elected. While I respect these opinions, I find them hard to accept.

I know the problems we face didn't start within the last year. I also know it is unrealistic to expect the current president to solve all problems in less than a year. What I think IS reasonable, is to expect that the elected representatives and our president be honest. The president told us when he campaigned, that all legislation should be available to the public (via the internet, I think) for at least 72 hours before congress votes on it. Yet every piece of major legislation since his inauguration has been so important and necessary that we're told it MUST be passed immediately with NO discussion. In some cases, the legislators haven't even read the bills they are voting on.

What happened to all the "shovel-ready" projects that required the passage of the stimulus package earlier this year? Funny how they didn't materialize. Now they've passed another "stimulus" package.

I think there is enough evidence now, to make it obvious that many of our elected "leaders" are pathological liars and only care to further their own agenda. Consider that when the U.S. Constitution was written, those men committed their lives and their fortunes. Today our elected representatives not only don't pledge their fortunes, they pass laws to increase their own fortunes at the expense of your mere pittance of a paycheck.