Why is it that only power hungry, money grubbing, creepy politicians like Dick Cheney control the USA?
115184
It takes an incredible amount of money and influence to run for public office, whick is why the poor and middle-class often get the short end of the stick. The only other way to do it is to have full public funding of elections. \nEvery candidate starts with the same amount of money. This evens out the playing field and keeps candidates from feeling the need to repay favors after the election. Completely clean up the system. Include serious televised debates with ALL cadidates welcome to attend. We the people will pick up the tab. I'd gladly send in $10 or $20 to support this system. I don't think it'll ever happen, though. Here's why:\n1) The politician that gets elected is the one with the most money for advertising.\n2) The polititian that gets the most money is the one in bed with the largest, richest interest groups.\n3) Said politicians are going to represent said large, rich interest groups, or risk losing funding and not being re-elected.\n4) Said interest groups are concerned primarily with increasing their own wealth and/or power.\n5) Thus the politicians, representing the groups that created and maintain their rich powerfull lifestyle, will never vote against the intrests of such groups, including but not limited too lessening said groups power over elections.\n\nThanks for letting me rant...
170538
Because the US is a prick who thinks they can control the world. The US is like the evil person in James Boind movies. They think they are very powerful and want to take over the world. Iran is like James Bond. In they end the evil person dies and Bond gets laid.
417668
I think governments and all persons on earth are controlled by the extremely wealthy elite. I believe they control election outcomes, economics, war between nations, food distribution and supply, and all things economic.\n\nI think the USA IS controlled by an elite government and decieves us daily.\n\nWould I investigate? No. What could I do anyway? If you stumbled on to anything incriminating you would just be killed, imprisoned, or publically decried.
612207
It's because our government is run by greedy politicians who sell us out to the highest bidder. A dictatorship would end this corruption.
560785
Because our people are being led by a war-monger. We do not want to bother anyone but our greedy leaders just cannot keep their noses out of others business. They say they will do good for our nation when trying to get elected but, when they win they become whores to big business. I am an average American and all I want is to live in peace.
829100
Because the people currently in office aren't true Republicans. They have personal agendas and many are puppets for someone else with lots of power and/or $. Republicans believe in self government; how do you explain the no child left behind law? That's nationwide. There are so many other things I don't even know about. Also, Bush is hypocrite. He claims to be a man of God and prays and that is part of what helps him do his job. I believe Church and State should be seperate, his religious beliefs should be interfere with his decision making for the US.
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There are many more than two parties.  Some of the others have been elected and hold office locally and nationally.  The big two tie up most of the money and have the PR firms to groom their image, speech writers and campiagn managers to distract you from the issues.  The rest run on issues, which most people don't seem to understand.  Also Americans have an awful habit of wanting to vote for a winner instead of who they beleive would do the best job.  The two parties dominate because we are lazy voters.
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Because George (or his advisors) are brilliant and have brainwashed a majority of the American people to believe that they must defend themselves against the war on "terra""!\n\nThey have the American people living fear-based lives and have convinced them that their government knows what is best and that they should be left to make all the decisions.  Soon, there will be no individual rights or privacy left for the average American citizen.  (Or any other countries if the Bush administration has their way.)  World and economic domination is the primary goal of this government.  Not the good of the American people.  \n\nSounds a lot like the early church leaders manipulating the bible and church rules in order to control the masses and ruling by fear.
140447
You gotta be kidding, I don't trust anyone or anything is D.C. You have to remember these politicians all live in mansions and never had financial hardship in their life. It's easy to pretend to care about the country and its people when one lives in a more priviliged world looking down on the masses.
353775
To be fair, the party in power (particularly when said party controls all three branches of government) tends toward corruption, irrespective of which party it is. That said, yes, the republicans are very much THE ultimate party of corruption. There has been a steady flow of this sort of nefarious wrongdoing since they assumed power and it will continue until the American people wake up and throw them out of office. I have high hopes for the 2006 elections but I also had high hopes in 2004...
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there is a whole corporate structure built upon us which perpetuates the same system over and over.  It doesn't matter which party is in control.  The fact is that the politicians have been bought at varying degrees by the corporate world.  \nwhen they raise an issue of accountability, they don't really have the political will to see it through... because their deeper personal interests get in the way.
662562
There agenda is just like "Brain" ...."What are we going to do tonight Brain"..."The same thing we do EVERY night Pinky...Try to take over the world!"...Tyrants are greedy and have no care for the people "beneath" them, as long as we do as we are told. They are manipulative con-men, that lie, kill, and twist perception.
328987
Because the US government is ran by a bunch of hypocrites.
374872
I think it has to do with the leadership. Some leaders are only interested in keeping all the power and money for themselves and don't help the nation.
907506
Are you sure you are not referring to the word MEGALOMANIAC?\n\nThat is a word for those who want all the power.  Napoleon was one, Hitler was one, Bush is one, and Cheney is one.
866186
Your number 4 is alittle disturbing. Directly or indirectly ? We all could fit in that column. Number 9 doesn't mean anything , not with the amount of  lawsuits in this country, or did you forget about innocent until proven guilty ? I do get your point about corruption in government , which I believe is your point. Does your list just include senators and congressmen ? Point is , the American people vote these scums into office to represent their areas, but, money seems to be the only control. What we need is people to honor their commitment to serve the people of the United States and not all the special interest groups who have all the money.
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Unfortunately, you completely misunderstand the problem.  Why is there corruption in all governments?  Because those in the governments have power!  The less power a government has, the less it will attract those who are power hungry.  Conversely, the more power a government has, the more it will attract those who are power hungry, and it is the most power hungry that are the most corrupt.  That is why the founding fathers, wisely, limited the power of our federal government severely.  Unfortunately, people have been more and more willing to give the government a bigger and bigger budget and more and more power, which attracts the very people we least need in such a position.  People continue, though I can't imagine why, to think that it is only a matter of "cleaning it up" to get a better situation.  The truth is that if the government was limited again to what it was supposed to be in 1790, there would be little motivation for the power hungry to take it over.  And, even if they did, it wouldn't matter anyway because of the severely limited power!  Talk about a win-win situation.   I think we are in for more of the same, unless the people finally say 'enough is enough,' and take away the unconstitutional powers of the government and the enormous budget they have.  Unfortunately people look at government as a benevolent big brother instead of the necessary evil our wise founders did.  Too bad, things will only get worse.