Muckraking; Origin of the term, Theodore Roosevelt, “...you may recall the description of the Man with the Muck-rake, the man who could look no way but downward with the muck-rake in his hands; Who was offered a celestial crown for his muck-rake, but who would neither look up nor regard the crown he was offered, but continued to rake to himself the filth of the floor.”

In Memory of Ida Tarbell; (November 5, 1857 – January 6, 1944) was an American teacher,author and journalist.She was known as one of the leading "muckrakers"of the progressive era; work known in modern times as"investigative journalism". She wrote many notable magazine series and biographies.

This new section of Anger/Action is Brewing is dedicated to a path of simple solutions to complex problems that are available to We the People. The sections are taken from the history of the “Progressive Era” of the early’s.

DAY 1

Problem; With the current ethical fiber of our leaders we have a problem with these elected officials obeying the laws of our land and should they get caught breaking them suffer the same penalties we would face.

General Discussion; Washington DC is a club of people under the ether of pure power. Once elected to office the new candidate elected rises to a position that in many cases, is very hard to maintain an ethical posture. If we were to ask the Newbie if this were correct I would assume they would have to put on their political hat and answer something like “No I maintain my dedication to the people” not admitting this is the first of many lies to come. As this is a learned response and so are all the rest of the Tricks of the Trade, known as the actions of a soon to be professional politician.

If the laws of the land were to translate to these people, many ills would be corrected. The best example we believe would be illegal aliens, those people that break the law on a daily basis. If Washington enforced the law rather than ignored it for the minority votes we would have fewer criminals on our streets. The politician that aids these criminals by not acting on current laws would simply be charged. Evidence by his/her aids or staffers would receive this reward.

If the laws of the land were to translate to these people and enforced there would be more bad politicians jailed and expelled in a rapid manor. Another example would be Franklin Raines the past director for Fannie Mae, who admitted to“Cooking the books” for his bonus schedule. Fannie Maeengaged in "extensive financial fraud" over six years by doctoring earnings so executives could collect hundreds of millions of dollars in bonuses, federal officials said in a report that portrayed a company determined to play by its own rules. These actions cost our economy Trillions of dollars.Raines was fined and put on the Obama election team as a financial advisor.

Solution; A Whistleblower Law which simply states that any person that brings to light illegal actions (not traffic, or minor laws) while in office by a Government Employee in an elected position or Department Leadership role shall be paid $10 Million tax free. As a conviction occurs the penalty doubles, pensions are lost and in the case of jail no good time is allowed.

These crimes would be reported to a Homeland Security Special Enforcement Division with newly elected officials. Elected by we the people not appointed by the“Club”.