So after this latest vote in congress

[nadinbrzezinski]

I was seriously considering running for congress. If I can find a way to do it I just may do it

But....

you knew that was coming

Our system is so damn broken, that a person like myself, middle class, or lower middle class, even with no debt, cannot do this

Why am I saying this?

Well leave the lack of connections... here is your true barrier

http://www.opensecrets.org/bigpicture/stats.asp

Now you tell me...

Why would somebody (I don't care what party at this point) would want a job that pays what 150K a year, for two years, when it costs on average $1,034,873 to get into thee game?

this forks tells you all you need to know about how broken the system is

And sadly, this is also partly why you saw the vote you saw. They need to go back to that corporate tit, or they will not get enough money to run

No way a congress critter can afford to run on his or her own money.

And why Lamont used his own estate.

[dave_p]

1. $7.2m for a Senate seat

A bargain, I'm sure. You're right, it's part of the reason that voters get such a poor return on their "participation".

And of course there's the media voters rely on for information - free to falsify & dunb down, and owned by the same big-money interests.

It's a system broken by design. It has to be rebuilt from the bottom up.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Yep...

Now I am looking into radio...

Perhaps I can start speakign about this and the need for PUBLIC financing, and make a difference that way

[rucky]

3. Sounds to me like a good issue to run on. n/t