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The problem is everybody already knows it's about the money and they still vote for these idiots. Everybody wants something from the government and the politicians are more than happy to give it to them: for a price. I am glad that Obama doesn't have both the House and the Senate, they might get more done but they did enough damage to our countries economic health and severely chopped away at our freedoms when they did have both. As far as who do "they" work for, they work for whoever can further their agenda or do the most for them. They have long ago lost the idea that government is for the people, while they call this progress I call it a descent into tyranny. Like the saying goes, those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. The rich don't want to pay their fair share and so they vote for the Republicans and the poor won't even try to pay their own way through life because they have been conditioned to depend on the government so they vote for the Democrats, meanwhile us in the middle are stuck footing the bill. Basically I think we are screwed unless people start caring more about what Washington is doing than who won American Idol or who Kim Kardashian is marrying this week. People in this country don't care about anything unless it affects them directly and immediately. Most people don't know that Obama signed a law this year that allows indefinite incarceration by military police of American citizens without being charged. Most people also don't know that just this year Homeland Security placed an order for 450 million rounds of hollow point pistol ammo. They also don't know that hollow point ammo is not used for target practice and can't be used in war because it is against the Geneva Convention. People don't know that FEMA has built at least 20 internment camps around the country with plans to build over 100 more, what is the government planning for? These things are just a fraction of what has been going on in Washington since 9/11. Bush was very bad man but Obama has taken destroying our freedoms to a whole new level.

So with that said, the short answer to the question is: It don't really matter, were freaking screwed no matter what we do, so take care of your family and look for things to get much, much worse soon, and if Obama gets re-elected, very soon.

It might be if we could count on any honesty.. but unfortunately in this country we have a White House, congress and senate full of crooks.

God forbid if obama could run wild with no opposition.. we would be United States Socialist Republic in no time!

They artwork for us spending OUR money, and the "opposite ends" are the takers and the makers... dependency or freedom... nanny-state "progressives" and constitutional conservatives... lies or the reality... tyranny or liberty. extremely, our authorities became set up by technique of the structure to guarantee checks and balances adversarial to tyranny and to grant voice to all factors of view. On a life like aspect, each and every time both houses of Congress and the govtbranches were ruled by technique of a similar celebration... spending zooms unchecked and out of control.

no they do not work for us . since that supreme court ruling on lobbying , corporations , and even foreign governments are allowed UNLIMITED spending on lobbying . congress is controlled by the aipac ( the israeli lobby ) and dozens of other big buck outfits . the financial industry alone spends 5 Billion a year on congress , they employ 3000 lobbyists , that's 5 per congressman . that's a lot of free trips to hawaii and haifa .

what can we do ? i , for one , will vote for a president and congress that salutes a flag with five pointed stars , not six .

Were you asleep when Obama and the Dems had the White House AND Congress from 2008 - 2010?

You got to have checks and balance in Govt, because Power corrupts, and Absolute Power corrupts Absolute. But gridlock is bad too, nothing get done.