Politicians are not listening. And that is probably a good thing for the country.

Of course, I will explain. 

A recent poll found a lot of disgruntled Americans. About 63 percent of those polled said it would be better for the country if most of Congress was not re-elected. Only 19 percent said it would be better if most people now in Congress were re-elected.

Does that sound like a winter of discontent to you?  To most politicians it sounds like…well, it does not sound like anything to them. Because they apparently are not listening.

Big majorities of the public say they are opposed to something. Politicians in Washington keep trying to “ram it through.” Healthcare reform is a good example, of course. So are various new taxes and the increasing of old ones. So is the card-check for union membership. (It wipes out the secret ballot for workers deciding whether to allow a union into their workplace. Most don’t want card-check. Politicians are determined to vote it in by back-door methods.)

An aside: Not many Americans like being insulted by even the name of the bill. It is a bill which wipes out the right of secret ballot. It is titled Employee Free Choice Act. This is like taking away a woman’s right to vote and calling it Aid to Women Act. It is about as cynical as a legislator can be.