They have. Also my view on nearly everything else that affects our world today. As the saying goes nothing is permanent, as a child our country’s politics were much different than todays, the candidates were more respectful of their opponent and the political process, the debates were civilized unlike todays mud slinging and name calling. I feel our countries future is the dimmest it’s ever been as well as our people. We have allowed 1 percent of our population to dictate how the other 99 percent shall live, we have been silenced, our voices no longer heard, our complaints fall on deaf ears, our actions are met with violence, our dreams of a better life have become nightmares of preserving safety and freedoms. Our government wants to not just run our country, but run our lives and that is wrong all day long.