"Fed Up With Politics, and Politicians"

There's a story in the New York Times about how people in Illinois are fed up with politicians. And their politics. I think it would be a much more interesting story if it was written about the country as a whole, but the premise of the story is a feeling that I deeply share.

“I’m getting sick and tired of the politics — just get the job done,” said Cliff Olszewski, 50, a civil engineer.

You can read the story here.

In other news, I found a story at the Boston Herald and I just want to lay one quote on you that shows a piece of how broken the system is.

"We obviously have people in positions of influence in Washington right now," said state Rep. Mark Falzone (D-Saugus). "That means dollars back to Massachusetts, so just as a state legislature, we certainly want to see that money flowing to the state. It’s one of the things that’s helped balance our budget."

Massachusetts gets extra income from the federal government simply because their representatives are in positions of power in Congress. Take it a step further: being a chairman in Congress enables you to provide kickbacks to those who funded your campaign. This is BROKEN! This country was supposed to have been interested in merit and ability and morals, not money.

There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct

Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence.

All three by Thomas Jefferson.