Wasting Your Vote!

I hear all sorts of folks claiming that those of us whom have refused to play the maitain the status quo game regarding our elections are wasting our votes if we do not support either of the two major parties. I counter this statement with, if status quo is working so well, why is the republic all but lost, why our nation teetering on the edge of bankruptcy and why do our freedoms continue to be eroded? Republikrats and demoncraps alike steal our freedoms and flagrantly waste our tax dollars. Do some research, get some facts to enlighten yourself to the reality of the situation we are really in. Our country is broke, it borrows over 40 cents of every dollar it spends. That SHOULD tell any sane and reasonable people to STOP SPENDING! But, hell no, our politicians refuse to do that. They are more concerned with getting re-elected and maintaining their power over we the people than doing what truly needs to be done to save our republic. They are beholden to the money powers that lurk in the shadows behind the scenes convincing the American people that they are not the problem, not the cause for our pain and worse, not the cause of the terrible strife and tribulation that will eventually have to come when the shell game known as our monetary system runs it's course. What's that saying? The greatest lie ever told was told by the devil convincing people he didn't exist..... We are in the same situation now, we have been in this situation for generations, it has incrementally gotten worse. Our parents, grandparents, great-grandparents dropped the ball. They lost sight of what it takes for the people to be truly represented in our REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLIC. Now we are left with a populace that has no clue about how our founding documents were penned to LIMIT the central government's power and allow our citizens to be free to make their own decisions, even bad ones..... Even worse our populace has no clue that for our republic to be successful they are REQUIRED to be involved and educated about the process!
So go ahead and tell me and others like me that we are wasting our vote by voting third party. It's o.k.. But when the status quo continues to make things even worse and you find yourself in dire straits, look in the mirror because the only person to blame is staring back at you.....