Thanks to the reporting done 60 Minutes that revealed the legal insider trading done by our elected officials Congress is now going to take up the STOCK Act, which will prevent Congressmen/women from trading based on information they receive from political intelligence operatives when passing legislation.
This sounds all well and good but take a closer look. Yes this stops our elected officials from trading based on current legislation they pass but this does not stop them from trading based on information while the legislation is being created in committees and boardrooms. All the STOCK Act does is stop our officials from trading after the fact, not before and during.
All the STOCK Act amounts to is feel-good legislation that exempts our officials from rules that the rest of us have to follow. Feel-good is no good, not while the rest of us our scraping the bottom of the barrel in order to get by.
But do not get angry at them. We are all up in arms that our officials are crooks who promise to better our situation while digging their hands deeper into our pockets. But they are not to blame.
We are to blame.
What is happening in Washington is a reflection of ourselves. Congress’s approval rating is almost like a hockey score but incumbents are reelected in vast numbers. We say Congress sucks and needs to be changed but when asked everyone says their Congressmen or Senator is doing a great job and should be reelected.
We want change but don’t want to put forth the effort. We talk when we should act. We talk and talk and when nothing comes of it we throw up our hands and give up.
I challenge you to act! Get off the couch and get involved. If we act and build from the bottom up we will effect change; we will be heard.
Nothing in life is easy, especially changing an established political culture. But if we are not afraid to dig deep within ourselves and push for what we want all the time, eventually the dam will break and the rushing tide will sweep away all that is wrong and damaging in or country.
It is time for National Populism to be that wave. Join me and establish the National Populist presence and message and let us make our country prosperous and fair once again.
