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I wish that our government (the people who allowed them to be the middle man) would take some accountability. But I guess that would be uncharacteristic.

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Citizens voted these people in, the blames lies with the electorate.

The citizens without the ability to directly recall the elected are to blame? There is a serious power and attention imbalance here, and the laws to do not leave the power in the hands of the citizens outside of a single day every few years.

It's hard for me to believe they are the source of the problem, particularly with such a shabby fourth estate.

The citizenry elects the people who could overturn the laws preventing a recall. It's just not that important to the citizenry.

The citizens cannot police the federal electorate. At best, they can police local politicians and maybe a few big ticket federal items. They have too much going on in their own lives to police federal politicians passing hundred page bills every week.

I don’t know what to tell you. A small minority of politicians can prevent progress, and there is little recourse for the rest of us. The buck has to stop somewhere.

Unfortunately that seems to be the case. Outside of a few changing hot button topics they have basically free reign,and 99.99% of people will never hear about their actions.

> The citizens cannot police the federal electorate.

I thought the citizens are the federal electorate?

You seem to be right, I understood that to mean the elected when it's the opposite. Though considering how heated politics is becoming I would say the sentence was still correct :)

They get elected on one thing and do another. They should be held liable for misleading their base at the very least. Also misinformation and propaganda is rampant so it's very difficult to make educated decisions, now more than ever.

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