The most grievous failure on our part is act of disavowing our own responsibility in the whole scandal-ridden election fund raising process. We elect, usually, all ready rich and powerful men and women, to our federal government. Why, because they can raise the money necessary to finance an hugely expensive campaign.

These elected people generally start out with stout hearts and genuine desires to contribute to our overall good. However, they are ALWAYS corrupted by the innate desire to keep the POWER, and succumb to the “evils” of constant need to replenish their re-election war chests.

We Americans have a old saying, “Absolute power, corrupts absolutely!”. This applies to every political office. It is human nature to want to stay in the limelight and be labeled “powerful”. We cannot blame individuals who fall prey to this desire to stay in office (or perhaps, rise in rank to another higher office!) Well, we real can and do, but we still must accept responsibility for the SYSTEM that inevitably corrupts moral leaders.

For all that said, there is a way out of this political mess. The first step would be to stop the special interest groups from contributing to re-election campaigns. We have tried, well politicians have feebly tried, to restrict this wholesale sellout. It is time “the people” have a direct say in reforming the campaign re-election process.

The solution is oh so simple. Instead of each candidate raising funds for the election campaign, the Federal Government finances every single candidates campaign to a Federal office. Then the Federal Election Commission, would regulate all campaign expenditures, insuring a fair and equal (well, at least monetarily) campaign.

Each valid candidate would get the exact same amount to run an election campaign. Notice, the term “valid”. Now, with this new federally financed election campaign in place. it would be easy for a “common” man, or woman, to become a US Congress person.

The first thing that would then happen to our government, would be REAL input from common men and women of this great country. Next, our two-party system would fall apart. There would be no need to subscribe, or swear allegiance to a national fund raising cabal. Politicians would then be able to express their stout hearts and their truly good intentions, without fear of losing (you didn’t think Voters, did you?) financial backing.

Our great (and I do mean GREAT) founding fathers did not foresee the problems that would arise caused by the great cost needed to run an election campaign. However, they did express their fundamental ideas of a nation governed “By the people, and For the people”