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<blockquote data-quote="Werewolf" data-source="post: 2134753" data-attributes="member: 239"><p>Well said but I would submit that our permission is limited to the power of the vote; a power which in this day and age is limited at best and token at worst.</p><p></p><p>The founders intended that our legislators be citizen politicians who were wealthy enough that they could <strong>serve</strong> a few terms and go back to their real lives after doing so. They never intended for the institution of government to turn to one both administered and lead by career bureaucrats and career politicians. Yet that is what has happened.</p><p></p><p>Add to that the minimal amount of real differentiation between the two dominant political parties and the way they operate and it is obvious to me that even throwing the bums out at the ballot box would have little impact on how government continues to be run. Now that almost half the voters are on some sort of government assistance and the odds of throwing the bums out becomes miniscule. So much for the power of the vote.</p><p></p><p>What actions can the people not on the dole take to affect real change? What can they do to take back their liberties? How can they rid themselves of an entire class of people dedicated to the acquisition of power and retaining it at all costs?</p><p></p><p>What...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Werewolf, post: 2134753, member: 239"] Well said but I would submit that our permission is limited to the power of the vote; a power which in this day and age is limited at best and token at worst. The founders intended that our legislators be citizen politicians who were wealthy enough that they could [B]serve[/B] a few terms and go back to their real lives after doing so. They never intended for the institution of government to turn to one both administered and lead by career bureaucrats and career politicians. Yet that is what has happened. Add to that the minimal amount of real differentiation between the two dominant political parties and the way they operate and it is obvious to me that even throwing the bums out at the ballot box would have little impact on how government continues to be run. Now that almost half the voters are on some sort of government assistance and the odds of throwing the bums out becomes miniscule. So much for the power of the vote. What actions can the people not on the dole take to affect real change? What can they do to take back their liberties? How can they rid themselves of an entire class of people dedicated to the acquisition of power and retaining it at all costs? What... [/QUOTE]
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