Stephen Vecellio”s letter (Record-Bee, July 29) “Political parties have nothing to offer voters” was right on the money. Our Federal and State elected officials have stopped representing the people and turned into a “political class” only interested in maintaining power for themselves and for their party.
Our Congress and State Legislature both have abysmal approval numbers because they refuse to act out the public”s will. At the federal level they refuse to address illegal immigration, high fuel costs, and making the tax cuts permanent. In fact they want to raise taxes. At the state level the legislature again has failed to adopt a budget and cannot find any ways to cut spending. Their solution? Raise taxes. Brilliant. Raise taxes when we are in an economic slowdown and the people are struggling with $4.50 gasoline and rising food costs.
We all need to remember that our legislators get their power from the people. In recent memory we threw ruling parties out of power when they defied the will of the people. In 1994 the Democrats were thrown out of power. In 2006 the Republicans were thrown out of power when they spent themselves silly. Has anything changed?
In November we can tell the “political class” where the power really lies, with the people. If we keep sending the same people and parties back into office then the results will be our own fault. Personality and party are not good enough anymore. The “political class” needs to be reminded again that they need to truly represent the people.
Albert F. Bernal
Clearlake
