Restoring Democracy: Introduction/Index

Welcome to the Restoring Democracy Blog

As you can see from the summary at the top of this page and from my profile to the right, I am very concerned about our country and its future. We were founded as a democratic republic. Unfortunately, year by year, I see that democracy slipping away from us and, with it, our government of the people, by the people, and for the people.

We cannot rely on our government to cure itself, because, in fact, our government is a major part of the problem. It is up to the people to take action to rescue and restore the democracy that is rightly ours under the Constitution.

The entries contained herein address various facets of the problems which beset and threaten our country.  There are also some recommended steps that we as private citizens can take to effect this change and return the government to the people. I hope that these posts will provide some information, provoke some thought, produce some ideas, and promote some action toward reclaiming and restoring our democracy.

Listed below are titles of the posts contained in this blog. Please review them and click on any that might be of interest to you. Also, please feel free to leave any comments, suggestions, or viewpoints of your own. 

Here for your convenience is a list by topic of the posts in this blog with links to each:

Democracy	Awaken the Sleeping Eagle!
	Democracy, and What It Means to Us
	Democracy: From Definition to the Constitution
	Are We a Democratic Republic or a Plutocracy? Major Threats to Our Democratic System
	The Great Economic Divide Why There Is No True Democracy in America
Economy	How the Pursuit of Profits Kills Innovation and the Economy
	An Open Letter to the One Percenters
	Duopoly and Wealth: The Ties that Bind
Government	Political Duopoly: Working Partner of the Plutocracy
	Plutocracy to Plutonomy: From Bad to Worse!
	Campaign Funding's Impact On Democracy
Congress	Money Talks, And Politicians Listen!
	U.S. Congress: Bought And Paid For
	Lobbying And Its Impact On Democracy
	Lobbyists Teach One Day and Get Huge Pension
	Why Is Our Congress So Dysfunctional?
	How Congress Has Occupied Wall Street.
Politics	Big Problems with Our Two-Party System
	Elections :Heart of Democracy or Height of Hypocrisy?
	Gerrymandering for Fun and Profit!  (in development)
	In Presidential Debates, Duopoly Reigns Supreme
	Presidential Debates: Fraud or Farce?
	Problems For Third-Party Candidates Super PACs -- New Arena for Corruption?
	Congress Ignores the Will of the People
	We Must Drive Big Money Out of Politics!
Solutions?	The "Saving American Democracy" Amendment
	How Not to Get Money Out of Politics
	The Quickest Way to Solve Our Problems?
	Restoring Democracy - One Vote at a Time
	Restoring the American Dream - Part I
	Restoring the American Dream - Part II
	Restoring the American Dream – Part III
Occupy Movement	New Direction for the Occupy Movement
	Time for an OWS Reality Check
	Time for Occupy Movement to Move On
	NY Tax Plan: Occupy Wall Street Victory?
	Is the Occupy Movement Running Amok?
	"Occupy Oakland" No Longer Exists!
	An Oakland Demonstrator's Open Letter Occupy Movement: Rooted in Anarchy?

Thank you for visiting the site. I hope you will return again, as new subjects are posted with a fair degree of regularity.

Regards,

Jim Burgardt