Good God, people. You don't trust politicians to have your best interests in mind, which is a completely founded belief, but you're willing to assume that large corporations, when given the choice between higher profits and a smaller American workforce or lower profits and a larger American workforce, are going to go with the latter?
Oh, and stop touting that third parties are the answer to all the country's ills. It's foolishness and shows an utter lack of education when it comes to American history. Both parties we have now, the ones who are the current monstrous purveyors of woe, were third parties once. Any party, given sufficient time and power, will become corrupt. Again, I cite empirical evidence.
If you really want to enact change, do research. Vote the issues. Just because the electoral college makes the presidential race all but a sham doesn't mean there aren't real, valid issues on the ballot. Get off your butts, do some research and vote. Then, after that, rather than coming online and bemoaning the state of the nation, go out and do something.
Fight for term limits on Congress. Take the subsidies from big business, not small farms. Fight for education reform, because that's the quickest and most effective way to both decrease welfare dependency AND revitalize the American economy. And finally, for the love of all that's holy, quit whining about taxes. We all need to pay them. If you want to do something about your tax burden, close the loopholes that allow the wealthy and large corporations to avoid theirs.
There is no shortage of good that can be done in this country, but to do it, we must exercise not just the rights and privileges we were given at its inception and since, but also the expectations laid upon us. That we will stand up for what's right. That liberty and equality are not up for debate. That we will struggle together, not against one another. Go out and be Americans, not just on election day, but every day.
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