I'm going to stand by my statement. Please watch that video I shared. Yes they can effect small changes but Congress is so captured by a few interests that you can't stay within the confines of its day-to-day activities and change the long-term trajectory. And the long-term trajectory alone matters. Who cares about swipe fees or any other such persnickety nonsense if the underlying rot is ignored? It doesn't matter who you vote in, you won't be able to change Congress's reliance on funding without doing something radical. And if you can't do that, anything else is utterly irrelevant.
Sure, I watched the video. Thanks - it was a nice, instructive video.
All I am saying is that your statement is a "bit of hyperbole". Things are never black and white when we are talking about such complicated topics.
As an example, according to your statement, it would not have mattered if someone else had been elected instead of Bush. Whereas I think it is highly likely that Iraq war (for better or worse) would not have happened if Bush had not been elected.
Sure that certainly is one way of looking at it. When I said Bush - I did not mean literally Bush. I think we both made our points - so I give it a rest :)
