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PatrickforB

(15,387 posts)
12. I'm so sick of congress laying down for these corrupt lobbyists. That is bullshit. You know what I actually WANT
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 03:43 PM
Thursday

from congress?

To take care of the middle class kitchen table issues.

I WANT HEALTHCARE as in Medicare for all Americans. I've done everything right and have $10K in HEALTHCARE DEBT and am sick of theze bozos (IN BOTH PARTIES) ignoring middle class kitchen table issues because they are so scared of these fucking lobbyists. Overturn Citizens United, make it so corporations are not treated as people. And tax these fucking billionaire parasites out of existence. Raise taxes on corporations so they pay their fair share.

And change the effing rules of corporate governance to require CEOs to hold worker and consumer interests, and the environment, EQUAL to shareholder profits in terms of fiduciary responsibility. And throw in a clause in the consumer portion of that to insist on TRUTH in news reporting from publicly traded news outlets. I'm fucking sick of getting the Wall Street version of news pounded into my head - they manipulate empathy to cause outrage and drive wedges.

I ALSO WANT SOCIAL SECURITY FIXED. The idea that Congress has been so negligent as to let it get to the point it will only be able to pay out 70 cents on the dollar is BULLSHIT. And I don't want to hear excuses. I really don't. That is a sacred trust and I've paid in full-boat for 40 years.

And what about childcare subsidies? Free college?

How about Congress start using OUR tax dollars that WE pay in for stuff that actually HELPS us?

I'll tell you what I DON'T care about:
- The political industrial complex that demands donations for politicians and advocacy groups so they will 'do the right thing.' How about doing the right thing FIRST, passing universal healthcare and funding stuff that actually helps us and THEN maybe I'll donate, because I'm fucking done.
- A trillion dollar war budget.
- Billions spent beefing up ICE.
- The billionaire tech bros ramming AI down our throats and up our rectums.
- All these no-bid contracts.
- The massive rollback of regulations in place to keep us safe.

And what about the Epstein files? That despicable performance yesterday by Pam Bondi. Why these people aren't on the dock NOW for crimes against humanity is beyond me. Because we need to start getting ugly-tough with these criminals.

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