What needs to be fixed with America??

[kentuck]

For the patriots, we would agree that there are a lot of good things about America. But if we want to keep those good things and to make our country better, what would you fix?

Since we cannot be a true democracy if citizens are not permitted to vote, that would seem like a good starting place to me? True freedom requires participation. The right to vote should not be hindered.

In our representative democracy, we elect Congressmen and Senators to represent our interests. The President is elected to execute those laws passed by our elected representatives. When that doesn't happen, it needs to be fixed.

When we send our troops to every far corner of the world to protect our empire and corporate interests, that is not for the benefit of most Americans. When we spend a trillion dollars on our military every two years, that needs to be fixed.

When we have the FBI, the CIA, and the NSA all doing the same job, something needs to be fixed. When they duplicate and operate in secrecy and out of the bounds of any oversight, something is wrong.

When the Supreme Court rules that corporations are people and that money is free speech, something is very wrong. When elections are decided by who has the most money, our system is broken. It needs to be fixed.

When the average working person is asked to pay more in taxes than millionaires and corporations, something is amiss. We need to reform the tax system in this country.

When our elected officials refuse to address any of these major problems, something needs to be fixed. Where should we start?

[liberal_at_heart]

1. I'm not sure we can address any of our issues until we get money out of politics.

[indepat]

2. What is needed is for all vestiges of right-wing governance to be expunged via the

ballot box. Unfortunately, there are too many zealous true believers for this to happen.

[kentuck]

5. "United we stand, divided we fall."

"We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately"
Benjamin Franklin

Is it about time that we broke the news to the Republicans of Limbaugh and FOX News?

Because they will be responsible. It is not just about politics. It is about our lives.

If we cannot persuade them to vote for America, then I do not know where we are headed?

[indepat]

9. I can assure you with almost certainty that a political party which obstructs governance,

whose stand on virtually every vital issue is antithetical to our nation's founding principles, and whose actions border on outright treasonous conduct will, imo, never vote for America, but will continue to almost solely promote the interests of what Noam Chomsky has labeled the plutocracy.

[kentuck]

10. I know no way to break down the barrier that has been between Americans??

Who can speak around the voices of right-wing radio and the corporate media? It seems futile to even try...

[indepat]

11. Some day the people might awaken to the societal ruin wrought by RW governance, but it might be

too late to excise the metastasized cancer that has been eating at the heart and soul of America.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. More whistle blowers.

[kentuck]

6. Please go on...

This is democratic underground. We believe in free speech.

[Fire Walk With Me]

7. Here are a few things which could stand revision:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023389720

[kentuck]

8. +1000

Thanks for the link.

[mick063]

12. The way in which we choose our representatives

A broad spectrum of problems ranging from money to journalism, from voting rights to Gerrymandering, from influence peddling to 30 second sound bites.

The entire election system is broken, bias, or corrupt.

Nothing gets fixed until representatives are truly representative.