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Originally Posted by weswood
Yes, we can let the elected officials know by voting them in or out of office, but when the elections are held every four years, that's four years elected offials can run amok doing what they themselves want.
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Isn't that always true? The politicians aren't really interested in the voters until the campaign gets well underway -- and then they are largely interested in mollifying them without really doing anything to hurt the special interests that give them money. That's what the BP hearings in the Senate really are right now -- they're a show for the voters. The politicians aren't really willing to bite the hand that feeds them.