POLITICAL EDUCATION

Congressional Logic - 101

Okay, our Representatives and Senators are elected because they are (in theory) going to (supposedly) help us, right!

So, what do they do, how do they help us? Well, they write and pass “offshore” business laws that economically benefit large U.S. companies; they negotiate with foreign countries and create “offshore” trade agreements that also benefit large U.S. companies; and they then provide large U.S. companies with all sorts of tax benefits (loopholes) for taking American business “offshore”.

Now, why are they doing all this? That’s an easy question to answer, they do all this because it makes large U.S. companies more profitable (less operating costs) and that’s good for us Americans; lower priced goods.

Okay, now here’s where the logic gets a little fuzzy, when American citizens (not big businesses) want to buy their medical prescription drugs from an “offshore” company (like a Canadian company) because it’s cheaper, our Government passed laws making it illegal for us U.S. citizens to buy prescription drugs “offshore”. You may ask; “why did they do that?” Another easy question to answer, they did that because the large U.S. companies wouldn’t be making their huge profits – the profits would be going “offshore” – and we all know (from the trade agreements, tax laws, etc.) that big profits for large U.S. companies is good for us and the country.

Yep, that’s why they passed the first pro "offshore" laws for large businesses and then the anti “offshore” laws for us citizens. Get the logic?

So, I guess that means that what’s good, viable and needed for large U.S. businesses (to reduce costs and to make a lot of money) is not good for private U.S. citizens!

Hmmmmm, could this mean that our elected officials maybe aren’t really working for us, but are actually working for big businesses?

Of course not, we elected them and they love us for it!