The path of the US Government

It's unfortunate that entertainment and perception rule our society. Politicians stand up and smile and wave and everyone thinks it's all great. I was disturbed that we traded 5 high ranking Al Qaeda generals for Bergdahl when he got captured because he deserted his post. The White House announced that we had little chance to convict those generals so they were going to be released anyways. Fact is that the Taliban will now be working a lot harder to capture Americans in order to force trades. The position of the US for hundreds of years has been that we do not negotiate with terrorists. What changed? Now who knows if Bergdahl was actually a deserter because both the military and the government have grown fond of lying. But this situation in Iraq is building quick and we're once again at the mercy of what our government tells us and allows the media to broadcast. I do know that the second largest city in Iraq is once again under the control of Al Qaeda insurgents and we'll once again get involved because of natural resources but the message will be that it was because we care and we're humanitarians. If that's true why did we not help the Ukraine when Russia invaded? The system is corrupt. There is little doubt that The basis of what the United States of America is built is the most modern and successful of any in recent history. Unfortunately, in several hundreds of years the lawyers and policy makers have found a way to bypass all of it's laws in order to benefit. In the original Constitution Congress was paid only for time they were in session. When they returned to their home they would fill out a expense report and submit it to be reimbursed. This was because they were originally civil servants. This changed in I believe the Taft administration where he decided to make them all full time employees of the government. They were then enabled to vote on their own raises. Now, they not only receive their pay of almost 200k a year but they also receive about another half a million a year to pay for staff, travel, and misc expenses. They're basically living the good life while telling the rest of us that we need to pay for their lifestyle. When did this change and how to we change it back and hold these people accountable?

Lost in perception

I consider myself to be a patient person that does not judge and I try to mind my own business. But at what point does our society realize we're living in an age of perception and political correctness?

 The saying "perception is reality" drives me crazy. That tells me that what people think about you is more important then what reality is. Or that being nice and telling people what they want to hear is more important than being honest. I can't live in that world. 

To me that's the biggest problem with politics. We're voting for the guy that tells us what we want to hear and who we think is the best guy. Instead of doing that, why don't we take a little extra time to find the truth and reality? 

Our country (US) is filled with over 300 million people how can we be so naive to think we only need a 2 party system? How can the Republican and Democratic parties represent the population? I'll even be more cynical. How can people still believe that either one of these parties represents the population? Both these parties are sponsored by super pacs that donate hundreds of millions of dollars. Does anyone think they donate that much money without the assurance that they'll get some back room deal? 

I know people like to think everyone is honest but come on! Things are beyond corrupt now. So instead of people acknowledging it they just pretend everything is fine. The reason people do this is because we're all comfortable. Even though we're getting squeezed and things are getting tougher we continue to coast along cause the alternative is to admit that we have to change things and nobody wants to do that. 

So the politicians continue to smile and wave and we continue to pretend that a Republican is better than a democrat or the other way around. These guys only disagree on the things that have nothing to do with government. 

Those things are gay marriage, abortion, and a few others. 

A Republican will tell you he is pro life and does not believe in abortion. A Democrat will tell you he believes in Pro Choice but won't tell you whether he believes one way or the other. That's why democrats have been more successful lately. They play the fence and tell everyone what they want to hear. Then, they get into office and nothing happens. 

While the national debt is at 17 trillion and climbing. Who is going to fix that? 

But we continue to tell each other what we want to hear and the perception is that everything will get better if only we can get a republican in office.

What do you think?