Day 184: Not my fault...

I've bitched and complained before about how we've lost our ability to hold ourselves and others accountable for their actions or inaction.  This upcoming presidential election is just another example of our failure as a country to live up to the virtues that made this country great so many years ago.

This is an election year and with all the commercials depicting both candidates as the anti-christs, one thing has become clear to me.  Our politicians are really only skilled in one thing and one thing only.... and that's getting elected.  Once elected they spend their term in office spinning excuses for their failures.  These elected officials of ours represent that tiny percentage of the population, the over-privileged, over-entitled fraternity that is not affected by the current economical burdens that they have created that you and I must face.  In the capacity of a public servant the consequences of their inadequacies do not exist.  With that being said, what's their motivation to do anything right?  They can push legislation that will destroy an economic class and it will have no impact on them personally.  After four, or even eight years of raping our constitution, they will sneak away with outrageous perks and benefits, get paid insane sums of money to speak in public or right a book, all the while leaving a path of destruction in their wake with the American citizen a victim of collateral damage.   

You want to make our elected leaders accountable for their actions?  Here's my suggestion.  The new president has four years to fulfill the promises he/she made during their election campaign.  Sure, they'll most likely fail and will most definitely blame the opposing party for cock-blocking them.  Well here's how this will play out.  The president will be removed from office, denied any opportunity for re-election (i.e. "You're fired!") and banned from any future public service.  They will be denied all retirement benefits, to include pay, healthcare and/or any subsidies, such as Secret Service protection.  For the next 20 years of their lives they will have their income scrutinized by third party auditors to ensure they are not afforded any financial benefits or assistance from any entity, foreign or domestic.  Their only form of income will come from what the rest of us have had to endure.... an actual frickin' job!  And just to make this fair, at least one Senator and one Representative from each party of each state will suffer the same fate.

It's either that or we force all of them and their families to participate in the Hunger Games.  "And may the odds be EVER in your favor!"