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Originally Posted by DuffMan
It's like Republicans think everyone has the same government Health plan that they do, and that's why they keep saying the people voted to repeal Obamacare.
People are starting to wake up.
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Oh they don't think that.
They think, and for the most part are correct, that the voting public is stupid enough to not follow what's going on or get educated on things. They think they can simply do things that help themselves and friends. They know they chose a career that only on the surface pretends to put constituents and country first. And it goes to the other side of the aisle as well.
Nothing will ever illustrate that better (to me) than the John Oliver gun control piece on the Daily Show. He talked to the Aussie MP who spearheaded the gun control legislation. Oliver asked him if he was concerned about re-election when he did it. The answer was basically "I knew I was never going to get re-elected if I did it. But somebody had to do it. It needed to be done and I'm proud I did it. My first priority is doing the right thing, not the right thing for me."
Oliver then talks to a US congressman and asks what his #1 priority is..the answer "getting re-elected". That's what it is all about for a good chunk of US politicians...I can get some power and make things better for me me me.