JtS: "Then I probed them to find one difference between theirs and the GOP congressional agenda. I could find none. Then I asked them outright, was there a difference. They admitted that there wasn't."

Not sure what you meant by the wording of that part of the post...but the only differences that I see, only last till the next rotation of the elections.

..and I beg to differ on Soros's versus Koch's 'contributions'. I'm NOT saying the Koch's are any more or less altruistic than Soros's...what I am saying is, once either or both parties become beholden to either one, or both's 'contribution', that the will of the people gets 'overridden' by the money, which is 'donated' to further THEIR view, which is not particularly in the best interests, OR the will of the people. The same can be said by any leveraging lobbyist's group, who through 'slight of hand', and loopholes, amounts to nothing more than bribes. If a 'representative' refuses their advances, then that person,(or their agenda) is subject to a media campaign to smear them! The media, is all too obliging, depending on the 'contributions' that they have received, from the same! That's why there is such a chasm between the various 'news' groups...other than the general disinformation that the government chooses to release...which, of course, is slanted toward whomever they are beholden to, at the time!
As an example, as of recent...the 'stimulus' crap..a trillion dollars of debt occurred, 'Borrowed'(which means it is non-taxable), goes to the banks, who don't release it for it's intended purpose, while we, the public pays it back, PLUS the interest, to the banks, who are holding our money!!!
Now, just who is 'zooming' who???
It should be all too apparent, that somebody is either making a ton of money from these practices, or an incredible amount of leverage..to further their own greed for a power base. BOTH parties have been bought off, long ago, to perpetuate this fraud on the American,(and world) people!
The problem, with the ideologues, is they keep chanting the mantra, of the EXCUSES that are thrown to them, which SEEMS all too 'righteous', while the 'leaders' couldn't give a rat's ass about anything but the power and money.
It should be noted, as well, that MOST of these clandestine clowns, behind the scenes, have globalist interests, AND military and defense contracts....so any way we turn, we end up inadvertently funding all of this nonsense, PLUA the interest(which is usually equal to the original loan), and become more enslaved, to accommodate their avarice for power and greed, while at the same time, give up not only our sovereignty,, but personnel freedoms and liberties with it.
Another goodie, to throw into the mix, is that a lot of these monies are used to fund 'black box' programs, which are, of course, kept very hush hush, and out of the eyes of scrutiny....because of 'national interests', which in itself is a misnomer, for being used against us..to keep us in line!!
You'd think, that folk singers, who rose to prominence during the 'protest era' would be addressing this..but aren't, because that too, was co-opted by the Democratic Party, only to gather support, and votes...but NOT to further anything, that even resembles representing, virtually ANYTHING that they 'aligned' themselves for, other than deceiving that group, that 'they' are 'on our side'!!!....and as we all got older, some of us actually still think that!....Want to talk about being 'duped'?
Meanwhile, while 'this administration' has racked up 4 more trillion in debt(largest in U.S. history), what has it bought us, EXCEPT paying the interest on those loans, which is greater than the military budget.....but the left keep pointing to the military as the ones sucking up all the resources!!!....just because they were sold a bad bill of goods, by the LEADERSHIP, of the Democrats, who have convinced the devotees down-line, that they are they guys of peace, and equality!..Bullshit!!!
Personally, from what I've seen, there are good and decent people who are both liberal, conservative, Republicans, Democrats, Tea Partiers, and the like....they only get weird when they begin reciting the bull-crap that was fed to them, by the 'leaders' of those parties, who have NO intention of ever believing ANY of it!!!!!!!!!!!
Just take a look!!
....Meanwhile, the 'protest' singers, just bicker within themselves, in effect, disarming them, and rendering them both useless, and unheard!
....as witnessed on here!....and NEVER heard, in the public arena!

Thank you, for responding to my question in an intelligent post!

Regards,
GfS