Reply #1: This really distresses me [View All]

[ninkasi]

I have always wanted to travel, and see the magnificent scenery America has to offer. Now, in my sixties, and with physical problems which make it difficult for me to walk, I have made peace with the idea that travel for me is unlikely. It was enough for me, though, to know that public land was THERE, waiting for others to see and enjoy.

It was enough for me to know that my children, or grandchildren, or yours, would be able to take in the splendor of the American wilderness. I do not have to see these sights myself, in order to take comfort from the fact that whether I ever saw them or not, others most assuredly would,

Now, the grasping, greedy special interest groups, who have succeeded in shedding their fair share of taxes, sucked up corporate profits for themselves, rather than reward the workers who earn those profits, are poised to monopolize our last remaining natural wilderness for themselves. Of all of the things they have done, this is surely one of the worst.

Even those among us who could never afford mansions, or 2nd or 3rd homes, or lavish lifestyles, still had one thing we could count on, and that was the right to see and enjoy public land. How much more will they take from us before it's enough? Our children are fighting and dying in their wars, we are working longer hours, for less money, and doing without health coverage, and they still want more. Class warfare? Oh, yes, it is...but we didn't fire the first shot. We have retreated further and further back, perhaps thinking that they would become sated at last, but that's not going to happen.

Let's start this November by taking control of our Congress back, by taking every elective office we can back, and by demanding accountability from the ones who are supposed to be public servants. We pay their salaries, and we pay far more than their wealthy cronies do. We need to have some respect from the ones we elect to office, and it needs to start now.