Hollywood's Problem With Politics

Why do Hollywood elites get involved in politics?  I know everyone has there own 2-cents to throw in regarding the Presidential race but it seems the H'wood elites bend over backwards to get their views heard.  From Clooney to Sasha Cohen the vociferous rancor is non-stop.

Can I sleep in the Lincoln bedroom next time?

Like most social and financial elites, the Hollywood glitterati, are out of touch with the 'common man' - who doesn't earn in a lifetime what a Clooney earns for one movie. They don't feel the pain of the average person and console themselves by throwing a few bucks at charities or giving a fund-raiser for (mostly liberal) politicians who, they believe, share their kinder-gentler side. Then it's back to the LA compound, NYC apartment, European chateaux, or Carib retreat - having fulfilled their social obligation.

For those who throw fits just being photographed by the paparazzi criticizing Trump as a bigot, racist, Nazi, etc. shows how extremely transparent Hollywood stars can be. I guess they feel that by exposing their views they can sway others to their way of thinking.  However, in this year's election, the voting is emotional rather then logical. For example, the two Democratic runners couldn't be farther from each other.  Clinton gets the majority of her funding from Wall Street and Hollywood the very people Sanders hates and vows to tax into oblivion. On the Republican side is Trump, billionaire populist and would-be game-changer, Cruz, anti-government but senator, Kasich, who will completely revamp and fix everything in his first 100 days, and several others who are no more than cliches.

Any thinking person knows that all the bluster from the Presidential hopefuls is no more than forged rhetoric and in many cases down-right lies. They know that the IRS can't be eliminated, that Obama-care can't be scraped, that the 1%ers cannot be taxed at 90%, that abortion will never be ban, that racism (in all of its forms) will not end upon their say-so, that 11 million will not be deported (question is what about the next 11 million), or that the 17 year-old war with Muslims will end under their watch.

The problem with American politics is that the three branches of the U.S.government have control over almost nothing that matters.  75% of the Federal budget goes to entitlements and debt service, which are cast in stone. That leaves 25% for the bureaucracy to deal with and the two political parties to more or less fight about - but they are mostly on the same page regarding the military and security which leaves a few issues on the periphery to squabble about. And so it goes.

To all my Hollywood friends: relax and don't get yourself in a knot. Your status isn't threatened and your pontifications have little persuasion power.  Just be content in the fact that you are working in a make-believe world and getting paid very well to do it.

Just saying,
Jim