Step1
Our power bills start going up and
wrecks our monthly budgets. The power companies blame it on rising costs and
increased demands.
Step2
We read in the newspaper and see on the news that the power and energy
companies make record profits and the CEO's of
those companies get millions in bonuses even though their costs
were supposedly rising.
Step3
The politicians respond to our interests by
questioning the executives of the power and energy companies in a public
forum. Their campaigns promise that they will fight
the energy companies on our behalf.
Step4
We read in the newspaper and see on the news that the
power and energy companies have bought those politicians by donating
millions to their campaigns.
Step5
Neither politicians or energy companies respond any
further to the issue since the politicians have now been
elected and the company executives have their millions. They hope that
everything will fizzle out and that we will forget about the whole thing.
Which we usually do and then we go back to Step1 again.