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It's Official: Public Opinion Of Congress Sinks Below That Of A Used-Car Salesman
Submitted by Simon Black via Sovereign Man blog,
Poll after poll confirms what I’m sure you’ve already been feeling.
People are disenchanted with the existing system. They don’t trust the government, they don’t trust the banks, and they don’t trust the media.
You can hear the rumblings of grumblings, and it’s only growing louder and louder.
Lost confidence in government
If you were to ask 10 Americans if they have confidence in Congress, less than one would now say yes.
And it’s not just disgust with the legislature. It’s all of government. Confidence in President Obama is at its lowest level ever.
Supposedly those in political office are there to act on behalf of the people. That’s what a republic is all about, right?
However, after one conspicuous bailout of a big business after the next, it’s become clear who’s really manning their puppet strings.
What little respect there was for politicians is disappearing fast.
According to Gallup, public opinion of the integrity of members of Congress has recently sunk to its lowest levels as well, even below that of used car salesmen. And that’s not even a joke.
Lost confidence in banks
We’re told for our entire lives to put our money into banks rather than hiding it away under their mattresses or some such nonsense.
Only in banks will it be safe and earn interest.
What a joke that has become. Today if you hold money in a bank, you are guaranteed to lose money.
Citibank, for example, is offering an ‘interest-bearing’ savings account that pays 0.01%. That’s one hundredth of one percent… or $1 per year in interest on every $10,000.
What’s even more hilarious is that you have to pay TAX on that amount. Presuming a 20% tax rate, you’re left with an after-tax yield of 0.008%.
Now… even if you believe the government’s numbers, they claim the rate of inflation is 2.1% based on the June 2014 CPI numbers published by the Department of Labor.
So on a tax-adjusted, inflation-adjusted basis, you’re LOSING 2.092% each year that you hold money in a bank account.
Meanwhile, banks are recording record profits and enjoy the full backing and support of the Federal government.
It’s a disgusting system. And it’s no wonder why (again, according to Gallup), confidence in banks is hovering near its record low, and less than half the level it was at ten years ago.
Lost confidence in media
Then there’s traditional media in the US, which is nothing more than destructive entertainment masquerading as news.
Gallup polls show a long-term, growing distrust in major news outlets, including newspapers, TV news channels, and major news websites.
Distrust for mass media hit an all-time high in September 2012 and has remained near that level ever since.
Meanwhile, the Land of the Free with its Constitutionally-enshrined freedom of the press plunged to number 46 in the most recent World Press Freedom Index.
This is sandwiched between Romania and Haiti, and trailing countries such as Papua New Guinea.
Distrust of government. Distrust of banks. Distrust of news sources. So much for hope and change.
All of this data is clearly indicative of something that I suspect tens of millions of people feel viscerally in the gut: this is not the country I grew up in. Things have changed. And not for the better.
The sad part is that most people feel trapped… powerless to stop the obvious trend that’s encroaching on their way of life. So they ignore it and hope that it goes away.
This trend isn’t going anywhere.
And the people in power are only making things worse. Every law, every regulation, every policy, no matter how well-intended, only marches closer towards the inevitable.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
While governments and institutions can only make things worse, individuals have an entire universe of solutions at their fingertips.
If you mistrust the banking system (and all the evidence suggests this is a valid conclusion), WHY hold your money there?
It’s 2014. Money doesn’t get moved around by stagecoach anymore. You are under no obligation to hold the preponderance of your life’s savings in a system you don’t trust.
There are a multitude of options around the world to hold your savings in and actually generate a solid rate of return.
Further, if you mistrust your government, WHY have, literally, 100% of your life and livelihood tied up there?
There are hundreds of options and solutions to ensure your government has as little influence and control over you as possible.
It doesn’t have to be gloom and despair. No one has to be a lamb waiting around for the slaughter.
There are ways to fix this… for yourself, your family, and your loved ones.
This isn’t anything radical. It’s common sense.
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So lets get together and throw the bums out.
Wait - politicians were actually rated above used car salesmen at one point?
The highest confidence EVER in Congress (in the modern era of polls) was sometime in the 1950s (I forget the exact year). It was at 40%.
Don't know why I just remembered that, but for what it's worth, there it is.
Obviously, Congress has about the same low opinion of the American People. So There.
I wonder what ppls opinion will be when they have been sitting in smelly fallout shelter for 15 days and wondering if the bleeding bum is from ebola or radiation..
Hey Simon, how much gold do I need to inject to stave off ebola?
and what country should I perform this proceedure in?
Also, do I need to be a passport holder or will it work with my US passport?
Thanks Man!
+100
...... gold is of little use to ward off Obola it's ok for bone splints and such owing to it non-reactive properties, but for viruses and bacteria you want silver, it also helps for the smelly shelter just use colloidal silver spray on clothing .... oh and it works wonderfully for parisites too...... takes about 150 grains injected at about 2700 feet per second............. takes care of most blood sucking leeches quite nicely.......... fwiw
I've found that colliodal silver works well indeed. Your average shelter dweller will probibly have some too!
Only those who plan ahead will have a shelter to begin with... They haven't had a Civil Defense Program in this country for 30+ years. That's what FEMA is for.
solid copper or copper/antimony, etc have worked well enough for me to not consider switching to silver (colloidal or solid) for projection purposes.
Even pimps or the mob have a code of conduct. Politicians, not so much...highest bidder buys them.
You guys are mistaking used car salesmen for 'Joe Izuzu' (David Leisure).
Izuzu of America went bankrupt in the late 1980's due to an issue with a void in the sand-casting of the intake manifold on the Izuzu Impulse Turbo that allowed coolant to enter the intake tract, causing a hydrolock (and immediate catastrophic engine damage within about a 20,000-mile timeframe when the sand vibrated loose) on about ALL of them; thus resulting an a class-action lawsuit and the bankruptcy of this incarnation. Of course, Izuzus were prone to many other issues as well (as they were cheaply-built to begin with)...
Most of the American public; weaned on the television, can't tell the difference. Fucking STUPID sheople!
Joe Izuzu advertises the "P'UP" (using reverse psychology in the method of blatantly lying while the subtitles denounce him):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNOvNrZ6S_E
A clip from 'Hardball With Chris Matthews' of the 2012 presidential campaign SELECTION, illustating 'Joe Izuzu' (using the same clip) extolling the reverse psychology of the Barry Soetoro campaign and David Leisure's talents:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUGoE1YBXRw
Actually, politicians use ACTORS to promote themselves. Should not ACTORS be thusly rated BELOW politicians?
An ACTOR made the commercials that so many recognize, and the car being sold turned out to be as bad or worse than most 'used cars' (I'm not a 'used car salesman', and I don't play one on T.V.).
You are much to polite. I come from the camp that suggests we drag them out by their hair, screaming, to the nearest sturdy tree.
And not a single sheeple in the street. Bend over and enjoy it. Massive civil disobedience could stop this now. I have done my part, walked away from high six figure income to not pay tribute to these fucking filthy inbred lying cocksucking thieving assholes. Guess i look like the chump now because the rest gladly take it up the ass pipe.
There are only two true classes in any society: the ruling and the ruled.
"Used-Car Salesman" that sounds artificially inflated. Who's poll? Fox News?
I heard they were going to replace them all with used car salesman robots.
I mean, really. How hard is it to say "What's it going to take to put you into this car TODAY?" and "I'll have to discuss this with my manager. I'll be right back."?
Actually, we could replace all CONgressCritters with Algo's.
Less rhetoric.
double post
Do you think they can incorporate the phrases 'Welcome to McDonald's'; and, 'Would you like fries with that'? They might not sell many cars, but they sure as HELL will get some 'Hot Apple Pie' sales!
Say hello to my pal, Malfunctioning Eddie!
Used car guy = Lemon
Congress guy = Demon
Nah, I just think that people are figuring out their congressman doesn't represent the people that vote for them. They represent who ever can grease their palms the most with bribes, I mean political contributions.
Something tells me this is going to be a rough year for all of those lifetime politicians that never wanted the gig to end.
Would you trust somebody who took half your money every year and spent all of it twice and left you with the bill again to pay over?
Those who have a market cap of over 3 trillion and take another cut of your paycheck just for a place to live which they put nothing up for but a couple hours of their time?
Those who incite nasty wars just by using the only thing that seperates us from animals?
I'll take the used car please because at least that can be fixed.
I like used car salesmen more than a lot of people.
Lower than a Snake's Belly.
In a wagon rut.
Recently took my kids to a rodeo in the rural, central part of my state, everyone wears a knife on their belt, wrangler jeans and lots of cowboy hats. Good old republican country.
US congressman, R, fifth term, years ago at a local parade he shook my hand and walked along the sides smiling and grabbing hands with about everyone.
Fast forward to this parade he wore a cowboy hat and stayed right in the middle of the road, never ventured to talk to anyone on this sides, raised his cowboy hat, put it back on, raised it to another side, like a real dunce monkey.
Smart enough to know everyone hates politicians you'd need to be a complete idiot to cheer for any of them. I remarked to my son, as this prick was heading toward us, "here's the guy who is bankrupting the country" and I could see those within earshot just shaking in agreement.
I had my son record the pass by because I was hoping he'd come my way so I could give him some advice on camera but no he just hid in the middle of the road taking off and on his hat.
"Politics" is for actors who aren't as good-looking or sexually attractive. For every rule there is an exception (Exception: Bill Clinton in his prime. The WOMEN saw his big penis and voted for him in DROVES. That's why the DNC kept him after he and Hitlery were run out of AR on a rail. Sexy smile, easy laugh, made you trust him while he was lying though his perfect teeth... 'I, DID, NOT, have sex with THAT WOMAN, Ms. Lewinsky!'... 'It depends on what the definition of 'is', is.'... 'Oral sex is NOT "sex"'...). Yeah, he fucked the country, and he got elected even though he was a lying freak from the word 'go' (because they saw value in a 'politician' who was also able to draw votes from the Sheilas, especially after Iran-Contra and Reagan [OOPS, ANOTHER ACTOR, BUT FOR REAL]).
If I take my cowboy hat off and on for, say, 233 repetitions, will I be as equally 'voted for' in your district of fucking good-old-boi-IDIOTS and win 're-selection'? REMEMBER: There are only TWO 'parties' going on (OOPS! I mean, there are only two 'parties' to choose from). You have to choose now which 'SOSH' party is the more 'popular' one. (The term 'sosh' is a throwback to high school, when there were CLIQUES like the 'jocks' and the 'ra-rahs' and the 'stoners' and the 'dweebs' and the 'soshes' [strange mis-spelled term that referred to the 'socialites'; or the 'popular ones'] For further education and eludication, research the 1980's movie 'Fast Times At Ridgemont High'. "If it's your time AND it's my time, that makes it 'our time'; RIGHT, Mr. Hand?").
POLITICS: (From the Latin roots)
'POLY' (English derivitave for the current definition 'many' or 'varied', or 'multitudinous'); and 'TICS' (current English definition which describes blood-sucking parasites)
The preceding was found at the International ZH Dictonary website.
so what the hell is it that happens when we step into the booth...a fundamental transformation?
Makes no difference what people think. The checks cash the same and the graft is richer than ever.
FORWARD SOVIET!
"The growing proletarianization of modern man and the increasing formation of masses are two aspects of the same process. Fascism attempts to organize the newly created proletarian masses without affecting the property structure which the masses strive to eliminate. Fascism sees its salvation in giving these masses not their right, but instead a chance to express themselves. The masses have a right to change property relations; Fascism seeks to give them an expression while preserving property. The logical result of Fascism is the introduction of aesthetics into political life. The violation of the masses, whom Fascism, with its Führer cult, forces to their knees, has its counterpart in the violation of an apparatus which is pressed into the production of ritual values."
— Walter Benjamin, 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, 1933
If you don't like the wheels the used car salesman sold you, you still have to keep them.
Period.
It doesn't matter that he lied or bribed the mechanic & the DMV to lie about the cars condition in order to "make the sale".
You still bought it.
So get some satisfaction out of it, fill the trunk with diesel soaked rags, strike a match and drive it through the dealerships window, win one for the Gipper ;-)
Lower than whale shit..
ethics begets politics
Government = Power
Banks = Money
Media = Fame
The axis of evil.
Nowhere do I see any creation of any of these traits or professions. Just a bunch of tools drooling out the same crap for the last 200 years.
nmewn:If you don't like the wheels the used car salesman sold you, you still have to keep them.
Period.
It doesn't matter that he lied or bribed the mechanic & the DMV to lie about the cars condition in order to "make the sale".
You still bought it.
So get some satisfaction out of it, fill the trunk with diesel soaked rags, strike a match and drive it through the dealerships window, win one for the Gipper ;-)
phuck dat noiz. Not bfore I dick slap that banksterz daughter and glue her eyes shut in da back seet!
hahahahahahaha
As the salesman always says, whatever it takes to get you in that car ;-)
Circuses and bread only forestall the crucifictions and firing squads.
Let the games begin.
November Spawned A Monster.
Congress chooses to remain stupid as this year again they voted down funding and restoring an agency that will help them with technology, the Office of Technology Assessment. I shouldn't say they are all dumb as some smart ones in there who are never in the media light try to do a few things.
If I were in Congress and serving during the most complex technology times we have ever lived in, I would want the agency to help me as I wouldn't want to look stupid, but too many choose stupid.
http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2014/07/bill-to-restore-office-of-technol...
I have written about this for a few years now and good old Ted Cruz is the absolute poster child for this campaign as we all know he prefers Dr. Seuss with green eggs and ham.
http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2013/09/jon-stewart-discusses-little-pape...
They choose to be stupid over and over and over and over.....
Technology is far too complex an issue for selected officials to deal with.
Perhaps that is due to the fact that the people who choose their 'representatives' are more worried about which one of two false choices is more popular.
You spoke of 'Green Eggs And Ham'... SHIT. That reminds me, the family must be hungry!
O.K., kids, is it McDonald's or Pizza Hut tonight? Where's my iPod? You KNOW I can't go and get fast food without my tunes! Sissy, leave the channel on 'Storage Wars'. Your brothers like it. Do you PROMISE?
(I KNOW the place is gonna be trashed when I get back. Maybe I should stop and get some ice cream on the way home. I know, thier momma's a fat pig and we haven't had sex in months, but it might put her [or me] in a more receptive mood...)
They choose to be stupid over and over and over and over.....
The internet is a series of TUBES:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cZC67wXUTs
Ted Stevens (AK) always cracks me up!
Comically, Congress is up for election. Mysteriously, we hear about the 60 day action against coconut brains congress. We are talking about the law to take action against another country under constitutional laws.
These members of Congress seeking long career my just find a DHS bullet. You work for us. We will take you out, not before we torture you before the names are caught up. See, you rape the USD and we will do further harm than a CIA ISIS asset spun on the TV. Stop this madness. Why did you let this get out of control? Why didn't you prosecute investigations within the ways and means committee?
People like yourself don't deserve to represent the United States of America don't start whining, you're fired. You fucked up, we are taking this country back, WITHOUT YOU!
Wanted: Dead or Alive. This will be a pissing match for Congress. Heads up or dance to DHS hollow point bullets. Why did you do this Congress?
In Vegas, they call this the 'Com-I-Con' ('Comic-book Convention'). Harrah's hosted it once, I guess. Batman and Superman and Wonder-Woman all duked it out, and came to the agreement that their characters would become 'darker'.
The COMMIE-CON.
What the hell!
They all make money, and the ones sponsoring this made the MOST money. There was a BIG VOTE of 'MOST POPULAR' 'character (like this actually has any relation in reality).
There was a subsequent rift that was created between the idea of comic-book characters in GENERAL; and the FACTIONS which began to play 'nasty tricks' on those who didn't agree with their own 'personal choices' within the so-called 'genre'. THEY (the factions) would re-make the idea of Comic Books in their OWN image and likeness, and ERADICATE others who thought that the 'Silver Surfer' was somehow BETTER...
A 'new' congress will be bought with Rothchilds money and 'same as it ever was'.
The military will be standing by to take orders from other Rothchilds agents vs Putin, ISIS, etc.
We may be looking at this all wrong. An ineffective and useless Government is not maybe so bad. As I've said before, I like the way that Greece has undergone a revolution without firing a shot. The citizenry en-masse has simply begun to ignore their Government. People don't pay taxes and barter to avoid Government. It is a Government's worst nightmare... When the citizenry simply ignores them. Many in Greece, now view the so-called leaders in Athens as a group of thieves who run up debt by their pretending to be legitimate, which fools only the EU and Germans. They are seen as piling up debt solely to funnel money to family and friends. Overall, the citizenry have disenfranchised their Government. Its a governments worse nightmare.
Maybe the USA has begun the same path.
I think thats the way its gonna play out too.
Just avoid interaction with it, strangle it.
Thank goodness I live near Charleston, SC AFB. The Naval branch is 5 minutes away. Bring it on negro president, we can take down the White House in an 2 minutes up north. US Military. We can supply. C17 and the monster craft. It's 6 stories high. C-5 galaxy still hasn't been seen flying in SC. Could be grounded elsewhere. Been waiting for that behemoth to take off or land. My phone will be, click, click click, click. Never saw this plane. Just videos.
Edit: video clip from Britain. Absolutely a gorgeous plane. Makes the Gray Goose a joke.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XxQQkgHV3a4
'Atomizer' facebook friend requests:
'Major Kong'
'Dick Cheney'
'PNAC friends'
'Valerie Jarrett'
'Paul Wolfowitz'
Major Kong:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ynY5NvYsZY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlSQAZEp3PA
It is good at "Burbleson Air Force Base":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSofqNSuVy8
'ATOMIZER' needs to only drink pure distilled water. Pre-emptive nuclear strikes are too important to be left to the politicians.
Fuck you.
How's that 'Greece Revolution' going so far?
I presume you live there. Tell everyone how it is going, over in Greece, from your 'man-on-the-street' perspective.
"As I've said before, I like the way that Greece has undergone a revolution without firing a shot."
FUCK YOU.
Seriously, FUCK YOU!
(You forgot the 'sarc' tag'. You're KIDDING, right? If you're NOT KIDDING, then FUCK YOU to HELL!)
The USA has not only 'begun' the path; but it is almost at the end of it's journey.
Won't piss you off back. Besides to let you boil in the pot of Central Bankers and the fucknobs in Paris. EU turned up the grill. Get it while it's medium rare. Frog legs are overcooked. Fucking Eurotrash cunts.
At least the used car salesman can't use a bunch of goons to force you to believe or take the crap he's slinging.
And the used car salesman doesn’t commit treason on a weekly basis.
An American, not US subject.
why cannot we vote for there to be NO ONE representing ANYONE in our districts.
i write in 'no confidence' when i voted last election. if enough people did that, could we sue to keep a congressional and senatorial seat empty? i think the electoral college decides the asnwer to that and we know who controls the electors-----not the electorate!
Yes, CONgress sucks! What bothers me the most is the obvious disdain and open contempt that our so-called US "representatives" have for the "common" people they purport to represent. They treat us like terrorists by spying on our every move, via phone, CCTV, computers, etc. They won't even consider giving Amerikans a decent minimum wage - feral min. is $7.25 hourly! - and don't get me started on electronic voting machines. You think paper ballots were subject to corruption? Hackers have proved that stealing an election via electronic means is more than possible. The government of this nation is TOTALITARIAN!
"It doesn’t have to be this way."
Then it wouldn't be that way, but it is.
Used car salesman?
Let me know when it sinks below Realtor levels.
i'm seriously getting sick of this poll about congress. hello, 50% automatically don't like one side. please, let's have polls about each congressman (or woman). as to how their constituents favor or not favor them.
Exactly! Most are just parroting what the POTUS himself has said...
Not defending congress, mind you. I'm all for burning DC to the ground.
Lets make it a fair comparison? Congress vs Dog shit
What say ye?
Hey, I have a bumper sticker that says "The Only Inherent Criminal Class in America is Congress!" Kewl, huh?
ALL of Congress has committed treason by turning a blind eye to the installation of the domestic enemy Usurper Hussein Obama (who was born BRITISH, of a BRITISH subject father, and is certainly not a natural born Citizen). Now they protect that treason by cowering in the corner as the NWO puppet rules by executive order. Yet most will be re-elected. A sad commentary on the American public. Roll the guillotines!!!
In November we need to elect people who will govern by the Constitution.
You'll know who they are: they're the ones the msm and establishment Dems and Repubs ridicule and criticize.
Of the 39% that approve of the president, how many do you think even know what the role of Congress even is....??
PrePaids. GovtEmploy are PrePaids and the hallmark of vagary. WeThePeople feed, clothe, shelter, pension, and paycheck them. Why? They produce nothing. For me, its best to ignore these PrePaids absolutely not feed into it. I have no use for PrePaids. PrePaids could fall to the wayside today and it would not affect me one bit. If you do not produce, you are feeding on those that do produce. These PrePaids of GovtEmploy are vagrants.