Our Ruling Class

Unlike Europe and many parts of the world, America never had an official aristocracy nor a codified Ruling class. America was founded on the principles of freedom where free people could raise their standard of living, create wealth for themselves and their country, and enjoy the equality that comes with success.  The idea was for people to work in their professions for success then participate in politics to serve the Republic, then return to their profession and local communities. That was true in the early years of our Republic and stills remains so. However, in 2013 our society has stratified.  Once politicians taste Washington DC and the attention that comes with being a member of the Ruling class, they are reluctant to return to their communities. We now have an unofficial Ruling Class.

Politics in America  is dominated by the professional politicians and their associates.  We see professional politicians at all levels of government: local, county, state, and national.  Our national leaders have little experience at activity other than professional politics.  The president and vice president have no experience at anything other than running political campaigns and spending other peoples' money. Yet we expect them to solve grave national problems and to tackle pending international issues without any experience at all.

Other national leaders in Congress fare as poorly.  The Democrat Senate Majority leader, Harry Reid and his politcal party, have not passed a federal budget in years.  Passing a budget is a Constitutional requirement, yet Reid ignores the requirement in part because he and his cohorts are professional politcians. The Republicans are only marginally better.  Members of Congress should be limited to a set number of terms in the House and in the Senate. In my opinion 535 men and women off the streets of America can perform better than the pros and serve the Republic better than the current flock of politicians.

The ruling class is abetted and supported by a corrupt mainstream media. If the media were fair and accurate in its coverage of politcs, the political outcomes, and the laws and results of legislation would be very different.  With low information voters electing strings of professional politicians, I see little or no chance for improvement in our ruling class.