We, the people

Many people I've spoken to are upset that we have an elite group of citizens in this country who write the laws, formulate their own retirement plan, give themselves medical care unavailble to the average Joe, legally appropriate money from the Social Security Trust Fund to use for pet projects back home, give themselves pay raises with a majority vote of the members and turn what was supposed to be public service into a career.

And members of Congress do this with impunity.

I always thought, and I guess I'm wrong, that Congressmen and women worked for us, the people. That we, the people, decided their salaries and benefits.

If an employee dictated his salary and benefits he'd be summarily fired and rightfully so.

So why aren't we, the people, making a fuss when our employees on Capital Hill do what we wouldn't tolerate in the real world?

Martin Luther King marched on Washington in the 1960's. Minister Louis Farrakhan led, not one but two marches on Washington. Just recently Glenn Beck held a rally in the nation's capital. Why didn't any of these leaders march on the Capitol and demand that Congress institute term limits? Why didn't the masses demand that our elected officials be eligible for Medicare and Social Security instead of the perks they now enjoy? Why didn't anyone demand a logical, practical and fair retirement package?

We bitch and moan about the inequities between Congress and everyone else and yet we do nothing to change it. We, the people, must demand of our elected elite that they enjoy the same benefits as we do.

So when will the leaders or wannabe leaders...Glenn Beck, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Rush Limbough and the rest of the talk show hosts...step to the front of the line and say, "follow me?" When will they exhort their listeners and followers to demand an equal society for everyone?

Hey guys, I'm waiting!