Originally Posted by l2ridehd

Most of those elected in 2010 ran on a platform of stopping spending and no more taxes. They were elected by the people in their home districts. Now you want them to go against what they were elected to do by the people they represent? I disagree.

Congress is set up to be a representative of the people who elect them. And when they go to Washington and do something different, that is wrong. If my congressman runs on a specific platform and I vote for them and they win, I expect them to follow the principals they ran on and vote that way to represent the majority of the people in their district who were the reason they won that election. To go to Washington and do something different is wrong and they should be removed from office.

I completely disagree with the policies of Obama. However I do respect the fact that he told us during the campaign what he was going to do. He told us he was going to redistribute wealth. He told us he wanted to raise taxes. He told us he wanted to pass national health care. I personally do not want any of those things. But he won. To get there and do something different would be wrong. Same with those elected to congress. Do what you say you were going to do when you ran for the office.