Two Parties, Out of Touch

In the United States, we are on the verge of midterm Congressional elections. Many believe that the Democratic Party will take control of one or both houses of the U.S. Congress. The Democrats are elated by the polls which predict this, and the Republicans dread it, especially President George W. Bush, who will lose all power to push through the legislation he wants if the Democrats take control. In a few days, we'll see if the polls were right. Whatever the result, however, nothing will change, much less improve. The problem is, both political parties are beholden to the same large multi-national corporations (pharmaceuticals, oil, insurance), whose interests have nothing to do with the average American. Likewise, neither party is willing to confront the problems that threaten to destroy this county: rising health care costs, rising foreign debt, dependence on foreign oil, loss of American jobs to exploited foreign workers, the poisoning of our air and water, and more than anything else, the constant erosion of our civil liberties. I believe more and more people are coming to realize that neither political party in the United States has their best, long-term interests at heart, and neither is equiped to insure that there will still be a United States of America by the end of this new century. One of my goals in creating this blog is to get the message out there that neither party has anything to offer, and one of them needs to change. The United States is in desperate need of a realignment of its political parties.