Like stillajwexelder said, "So no ONE person can, it requires CONGRESS to get its act together". I believe we can make it better for ourselves if we get involved in the issues we care about in what ever ways we can. Since ONE person cannot change things, then we ALL need to get involved! If we are too disgusted to vote for the either major party that's really the 2 coins of the same corporate sponsored coin, the dems and republicans a suggestion is look into alternative political parties. There's plenty of those out there.
The thing is if we ALL get involved, we can "vote all the bums out of office" and replace them with a congress that WILL look out for our interests.
As an Ex-jw for about 21 years now, I spent many years not involved at all, still thinking like the brainwashed J-dub I had been - don't get invovled, it does not matter, etc.
The irony is well, how did the J-dubs get the rights to preach, to hold meetings, to not get involved? By the same political, military and judicial system in which they deride, which many non-Jdubs fought and worked for, and for many in the military, sacraficed their lives for!
Now don't get me wrong, I feel the latest wars we've had have been abuses of power to serve neo-con and big oil interests however overall I think it's important to get involved, and now I am involved in the issues I care about and I vote, because really things can get a LOT worse if we don't do anything at all.
Anyways, that's my 2 cents worth.