Understanding US Politics In Four Easy Bullet Points - Forbes

Understanding US Politics In Four Easy Bullet Points - Forbes: the “best way” to understand U.S. politics in four bullet points:

• Republicans and Democrats both play to the rich 1% and to the following industries: big oil, big pharma, defense contractors, and banking and insurance.
• Republicans either take their talking points from Fox News or say things to get picked up on Fox News, but are really laser focused on bullet no. 1.
• No matter who is elected, it is never as good, or as bad, as voters expect it to be. President Bush never banned abortion and we didn’t get Martial Law. President Obama failed to save the economy and we didn’t go socialist (or soshilist; same thing).
• The vote that matters is the vote that’s local, like a town hall vote for the school budget or a zoning law. As a result, voting for selectmen, city council and maybe the mayor and governor, matters and voting actually changes things. For Congress and the Senate, see bullet points 1 and 2.