bring what now?

Better bring your wallet if you want to ask your Republican Congressman a question in person. Some Republicans, including House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan, are charging constituents $15 or more to meet them in person and ask a question. No open-to-the-public town hall meetings for Congressman Ryan or several of his other colleagues including Ben Quayle (R-AZ). So much for open government. (bluestategigital.org)

The August recess by Congress, we were told was necessary because our elected representatives wanted to go home and spend time with their constituents. They needed to confer with the masses and wanted to make sure they were on the right track or some kind of track that took them close to those who voted them into office in the first place.

It seems however, that some of the Congress People don’t like confrontations at least from some of their constituents, and it seems that when the possibility of being held accountable for your actions might be made public the fear of being found out a fraud is way too scary. The big, bold braggarts who say they speak for the public standing on the steps of the Capitol or in the hallways of the Senate or Congress, or in front of the entertainers of FOX, somehow want a little less limelight when they must stand at a podium at an Elks Lodge in front real people, and in front of those not in the same financial range as the Koch Brothers. They seem to think that democracy is not so much about give and take but more so about what can I get and then what can I get away with.

As with most bullies when confronted with fact or truth or their own words, the bully seems to diminish in stature. He/she feigns distress from wanting to hear their rhetoric re- recited, and he/she complains that his/her own words on tape or on video were misconstrued and misunderstood. The bully loves to become the victim when asked to account for their actions and they pout, walk away, deny and then of course accuse and go on attack trying to defer their lies and fabrications as ‘gotcha’ questions. Bullies love to hit and run but when they are caught they whine like babies and never ever claim responsibility. And for some reason the dumb permit this behavior and when the smart start asking questions the bully becomes insulted, infuriated, and irritable.

So now some of the politicians want to make a discussion on their actions or inactions, depending on your view, a fund raiser. They also think by charging a fee for access to them those with little income but lots to say will disappear. No You Tube cameras, no gaffes, and no real examples of their lies or hypocrisy they seem to think. And a long with all of those no’s no more real democracy. Senators, Congress Men/Women supposedly work for us yet this year we have to pay to speak to them? We suddenly are being denied access to members of our government.

What next will this lead to? We ALL must realize that we can have the control of this government by voting, by insisting, by protesting. We won’t have control by not voting or by wanting to the vote the bums out, without thinking of which bums we vote in, or by stating that voting for the lesser of two evils we get people in office who don’t care about much else then their careers their potential income and their 15 minutes of fame. Bring your wallet to meet your elected governmental representative! What is next kiss is ring, courtesy as he enters the room, sell your first born so your family can keep the house? This needs to stop NOW! Instead of our wallets we must bring our consciences and will.