US Nonprofits and Politicians

I just had an "AHA"moment...truly if nonprofits in the USA ceased to exist, most the "important" (i.e. politicians who seem to RULE the USA) people would not really care.  It isn't on their radar b/c there are not too many major lobbyist or politicians who care about the disenfranchised who are UNABLE to "feather their beds."

Their rallying cry is probably (not publicly bc that won't ever get them elected, but perhaps, privately when money is being discussed): "Give me your money, and I will make your happy."  vs. the IDEAL of the USA so eloquently composed at the end of Emma Lazrus's poem at the Statue of Liberty:

Give me your tired, your poor,

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,

I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

It is a very sad state of humanity, but then again, as a typical "lazy American", i should be happy that my work isn't really that "important".   i can just coast....who really gives a crap about anyone who doesn't have money or political power?  who really cares if people with developmental disABILITIES receive equal rights and opportunities to be productive citizens?  politicians are not creative or strategic enough to see the POSSIBILITIES and the ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES that ppl w IDD could provide to this country!

OH wait an "F'n" minute...  it might mean something to the people that i actually help along with their families.

1-3%  have a developmental disABILITY in the USA.

HMMMM, WOW...they are probably in the majority compared to the % of politicians who are elected to serve the rest of us and SHOULD be representatives of ALL our interests!