Issue date: 10/20/04 Section: Opinion

As we all know, the upcoming election is a two party race and it always has been that way. Does it really need to be? Are there only two parties that represent all the whims of the American people? Absolutely not, yet we continue to vote based on this system, which seems a tad ineffective according to the last 200 years. At first glance these two "parties" appear to represent both sides of the socioeconomic spectrum being: the working/middle class (democrats) and the wealthy elite (republicans).

If anyone actually believes this is true than those who are in control i.e. the wealthy, have done their job, which they usually do. You see, both parties are the same and if one were to look at the voting records of democrats, they coincide almost perfectly with that of conservatives. This may be surprising for some but it should be because it is not widely publicized due to the ramifications that would entail if the helpless public knew these facts. We could have The Civil Rights Movement all over again. Basically, there would be extreme dissension in the country because America is composed mainly of poor to low middle class individuals who need government aid not farcical wars. Obviously an information leak such as the one I will propose shortly would not be good for those who hold the true power, which are big corporations or the investors themselves. Investors like Saudi Arabia, yes Saudi Arabia has oodles of money invested in the United States and they expect to see revenue. How much money you say? Well there is approximately 3 trillion U.S. dollars invested by Saudi Arabia in the U.S. Stock Market and another 3 trillion in our banks. The automatic response to such as claim is, "No way, that's bullshit," It's not. Now one asks, "What does this have to do with how many political parties there are?"

Well, if there are only two parties than it is easy to influence the actions of them by way of monetary inducement. There is a legal position for these inducers in our political system and they are called lobbyists. The lobbyists usually represent an organization that wants to get funding or support for heir programs at the time. Therefore if the organization who wants help has unlimited funding, it is quite simple to obtain that needed support.

In regards to the role of the two parties, whomever has control is generally offered the most money to use that control to further the goals of the represented organizations. For example, let's say I represented an oil pipeline company in the Middle East who wanted to build across enemy territory.This type of bribery stops at no levels and can in theory, go anywhere, even the president and his cabinet. This might explain the war in Iraq where companies are currently routing oil through which they could not before. Oddly enough there are several other neighboring nations who also have plenty of oil and appear to need help reorganizing their government such as Iran. If it's politics you are interested, in look beyond who is criticizing who in the upcoming election, sit down and think. Are politicians truly concerned with my welfare or anyone's for that matter other than the wealthy 10 percent of America? I will save you the trouble man, THEY DON'T!

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