How come the politicians forget us as soon as there elected?
107273
They only forget what they had promised the vote bank but, seldom they forget about their own needs.\n\nIn essence they do not forget but they just reprioritize and conveniently forget their promises till next election.
802483
Because man are full of wickedness and not consistent.\nExample can you trust politician.?
538951
Because nobody elected him
185497
Because you don't have the same political system as the UK.  Once you elect a President it is very very difficult to get rid of him (as you found with Clinton) because he is elected for a fixed term and he is there by right.\n\nIn the UK, the Prime Minister is "first among equals" i.e. he has special rights because he is Prime Minister but he is only Prime Minister by the will of parliament.  The moment he loses the support of the other members of parliament, he is out of office.  If the UK parliament decided to get rid of Tony Blair, it would take them 24 hours at most to call and hold a "vote of no confidence" in his administration and then parliament would have to either support a new government or call a general election.\n\nTherefore, in the US, it is difficult to fire President Bush:\n(1) Because the Presidency is a wholly separate office from your legislature.\n(2) Because you have fixed term administrations
434889
Because politicians are human, just like you. Why can't you be honest and truthful? Who said they weren't honest or truthful. Is everything they say a lie?
503016
Because their constituency is not us.  It is lobbyist and big business.  It is that simple
662036
I really don't understand it either it isn't fair that it seems like our elected officials get our votes and then have no care for us until they need us again.  All I have to say is that if the reps from my state vote for any form of amnesty I will vote against them in the next election no matter who is running.
36694
Have you heard about the busload of politicians who died when their bus went off a cliff?\n\nYeah it was only rolling from a parking spot, but they were ALL to busy debating who was going to steer and who was going to step on the brakes, that the 20 minutes it took to go over wasn't NEAR long enough for them to take ACTION!!
942011
Their system is different than ours. His party has already told him that he is OUT but they get to pick a specific time for the next election. I believe I heard it was next March.
1054890
because politicians believe that global warming doesn't apply to them\n(they are too important...apparently)
765274
To soon for what we have already gotten done,  it is sad people will have died likely for nothing all due to politics.  We just need to give them a little more time to get their Government up and running, well instead of us running.
136321
It is so obviously true that I wonder why you bothered to ask.\n\nWorld leaders -- politicians -- are like the artist who used to live next to me, who said that the truth had no particular appeal for him over an interesting or useful lie.\n\nWe've gotten to the point where there is simply no value placed on truth, honesty, integrity, by those who wield power.  I have long and tedious theories as to why this is so, but suffice to say that as long as we continue to permit them to behave this way, and vote for them anyway, we may deserve our fate.  In any case, those of us who HAVE a vote, whether we bother to use it or not, must share in the blame for dishonesty in our elected leaders.
966615
Once elected, the government can do what it like - and it will! There are very few examples, when the policies reflect some kind of political ideology, more examples of corruption and of politicians being tangled up in a spiderweb of favours and lots of cases, which demonstrate that in reality it's often the powerful bosses of the big companies, who dictate many of our policies.\n\nThe only time, when public pressure is of any importance at all, is directly before the elections. Very sad!
91660
LOL!! Because they are brainwashed! Our country wouldn't be in the shape it is now if he weren't in office!
1040782
in the Uk we just let them go then give them welfare and opportunities to scam the system, then we sack our home Secretary a few politicians have affairs and we forget all about them
579880
All the government cares is how big their pocket is going to be. They don' care about us. I wonder what happens if nobody votes on the next election.
1145106
because we accidently voted for thoes people who support that into office.  But I agree....it is time for people to get off their lazy backside and get a job.  My mom is legally blind and has  masters degrees and works full time.  They just want to use the government to be lazy and quite honestly it is stealing from the government....don't those people have any pride in themselves!