American Political System
... This privileged position appears to have stayed with the wealthy business owners of today and their stance within the political process. ... “By ‘automatic’ I mean that the punishment follows from the very act intended to change the system.” The act to change the system is a policy change to regulate the business. ... This recoil mechanism establishes a certain structure to political policy making processes. ... Reform is not an option for the political actors unless they want to feel the punishment of the mechanism and for the policy maker reform that awakens the mechanism means he will have to find a new job. This affects the political actors of our democracy in many different ways. A democracy starts with the first political actor, the voter. The ideal democratic system means that everybody has a voice to maintain his/her autonomy by participating in the construction of his/her government. ... Their vote can make a difference in the policies that are installed into the system. This one vote could mean the difference in a tie, loss, or win for their candidate or political party. We have a duty as a citizen to vote and express our voice in the political system. ... The political action committees (PACs) have the expenditures to back the candidate and help with getting elected or re-election. ... This seems to cause a problem with traditional thinking along political party lines. ... Voters are the first rungs of the democratic latter and the system still evolves around us. ... I like to think that our system works on a higher level than just the money involved.