This just in: The reason we can’t have nice things is that our politicians are corrupt.

The reason this is the case has been the case and will continue to be the case is that the only ones that can pass laws to stop corruption are the very people that profit wildly from the corruption.

Now, just in case you are getting ready to say, “Yes, they all do it,” pause for a moment. Yes, there have been instances of a Democrat or Independent acting corruptly. However, the Republican Party has institutionalized this behavior. If you are a Republican, you are expected to be corrupt.

Republicans are paid by the insurance lobby to make sure healthcare remains profitable for those that sell it.

Republicans are paid by big oil to oppose Green Energy so that big oil will continue to profit.

Republicans are paid by the gun lobby to make sure millions of guns continue to make their way into households across the country.

Republicans give tax breaks to the rich and to corporations because these entities pay them to do so.

There are other things Republicans do that falls short of corruption but are just as damaging.

Republicans legally create laws that prevent voters from voting against them.

Republicans have redefined Gerrymandering so that they can be in a vast minority and still win elections.

Republicans don’t treat poverty issues because there is no money in it.

Republicans don’t solve economic problems because the solutions often are counter to what their donors are paying them to do.

Republican choose hot topics such as abortion or immigration to attract single-issue voters.

I was a Republican. I have not been one since we invaded Iraq on a false premise. An invasion that led to 20 years worth of needless was in the middle east.

I left the party when the evidence was overwhelming to me that they had no interest in actual governance. They were simply corrupt.

And…they become more so every day.

Time to save the world.

Up, up and away…

Jim