 oliphantI Have 8 BoobiesPremium
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Corona, CA
3 edits | Why is it that if I... gave money to a politician in exchange for a favor it's a bribe and I go to jail but when a telecom or union does it it's a contribution?
I'm Conservative 'n' all but if this doesn't scream the need for gov't funded campaign finance and/or bans on non-registered-voter contributions I dunno what does.
Only when special interest groups and corporations are removed COMPLETELY from the equation will corrupt hacks like Sessions respond to his actual constituency.
Being as corporations, unions and other special interests can't vote they have ZERO business influencing elections and politicians with their bribes and corruption.
Meanwhile old Sessions ought to read the damn Constitution, specifically the 10th Amendment which states simply,
said by 10th Amendment:
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
Last time I checked, Muni-bans (along with 99% of the BS the Congress does) was not a power delegated to the Federal Gov't by the Constitution.
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oliphantI Have 8 BoobiesPremium
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Corona, CA | No he's not...he's a corporate/special interest WHORE along with everyone else on Capitol Hill!
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hiatus | said by oliphant:No he's not...he's a corporate/special interest WHORE along with everyone else on Capitol Hill! Nothing stops a person from being both a special interest whore and conservative... Its just that conservatives tend to whore themselves to corporations and liberals whore themselves out to other interests...
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Last time I checked, Muni-bans (along with 99% of the BS the Congress does) was not a power delegated to the Federal Gov't by the Constitution
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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
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kudos:3 | reply to oliphant
Oli, please don't take this wrong, but based on some of your posts, I would never have thought of you as a conservative.. left swinging moderate maybe? republican? but never a conservative.
No dig intended, seriously.
You may not believe this, but you and I do actually have similar views on many things, except the name calling, but I digress.
Anyway, the GOP may say they are for limiting government, but they aren't proving it too well.
However, there is something people often don't give a second look too... Exactly WHAT part of the government is the GOP wanting to limit? You can vut government by 60% but if you don't cut the proper parts, then what's the point?
I said it earlier, Oli said it here.. the Feds often over reach and this is yet another example! To this, I also give you DOMA, another states right that the GOP feel it's necessary to impeed upon. But remember, the GOP wants to limit government.. (what part are they limiting again?) |
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Stepford, CA
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said by oliphant 
Being as corporations, unions and other special interests can't vote they have ZERO business influencing elections and politicians with their bribes and corruption.
Corps can't vote but their money sure does drown out everyone else's voice, doesn't it.
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