"We the People" an obsolete concept?

We the People.. an obsolete concept?

As we gather with friends and family this Independence Day, and enjoy the holiday at mid-week, let us pause and reflect on the opening of our great and inspiring document, the Constitution: “ We the multi-national corporations and special interests who know better than the people…”
Seems wrong , you say? Doesn’t the preamble begin with “We the People, In Order to Form a More Perfect Union..”

Well it used to say that yes, but our constitution and government have been hijacked by a series of court decisions, presidential orders and moves by Congress, so that the first version “ We the multi-national corporations and special interests who know better than the people..” is the more accurate version.

Our elected public officials no longer serve the public. They serve the gigantic companies and other large wealthy organizations who finance their political campaigns. Why should they serve the public? In essence, election campaigns have become auctions. You can see it in the quarter fund raising reports of the Presidential candidates (Obama raises 31 million, a record, Giuliani raises 17 million..etc).

These funds are then spent on thousands and thousands of commercials aimed at the voters, enriching hundreds broadcasters and newspaper chains. No wonder there is so little coverage of efforts to reform the way we finance elections.

And the results of this can be seen everywhere. Millions upon millions of American jobs outsourced overseas, by CEOs being paid millions upon millions in salary and bonuses for doing this. Huge and wealthy medical insurance companies growing by leaps and bounds, raking in as much as 30% in every dollar spent on healthcare. (See SiCKO, the movie for results of this). Big pharmaceutical companies allowed to hawk their drugs in every hour of every television program in America, and being paid by no-bid non-competitive rates for the drugs they peddle to the federal government.

There’s more much more. It can best be described as the feeling by American citizens that voting just doesn’t seem worthwhile any more. There’s a reason for that.
Why should anyone but registered voters be allowed to contribute money for political campaigns? Why should multinational corporations, labor unions, trade groups, the AMA, be allowed to provide campaign money and slush funds for politicians? They are not human beings. They can’t vote. So why is this allowed?

Maybe some day “We the People” will take our democracy back.

Think about it. Your country’s future is at stake.