Is communism like bureaucracy?

I am a bit of a connoisseur of bad television. It's ok, I admit it. So tonight watching America's Next Top Model I was a bit disgusted to hear the girls talk about their preparation for their photo shoot taking place at various polling places.

One girl was assigned a polling place with a bureaucracy theme. But of course she didn't know what a bureaucracy was. Another girl didn't understand what her environmental polling place had to do with the election. After two years as a TA working with students in political science classes it still continues to disappoint me the lack of interest and knowledge young people have about political processes.

By late teens/early twenties it should be visible to people that the government does impact their lives. They start working and paying taxes. The tax money is going somewhere. Whether it be to your grandparents social security checks or your federal student loans or with the military to the Middle East, your tax money is going somewhere.

Who allocates these funds? Who advises the decision makers on where they should allocate funds? That would be congress and the president.

When presented with the option I truly do not understand having complete apathy towards politics. The decisions directly effect you and your family. And your pocket book.

Returning to my regularly scheduled bad television.