| The key is the corporations If that's not showing you how totally corrupt the US government, nothing will. Why does a CORPORATION get to write a law that affects the citizens of the US? The pendulum has swung WAY to far to the right with respect to the rights and powers of the corporation. The simple fact of the matter, is that the corporations KNOW that if their buying of the congress is made public, there will be a backlash. Which of course, is why both congress and the fat cat executives of the faceless megacorp don't want any of this seen. It's high time we solve the biggest problem of all, the buying of congress by corporations, and FORBID any donations by corporations to ANY congressman, and PAC, any political process at all. If every member of congress had to raise money from their constituents, instead of being bought by the megacorp, we would never even see such insane proposals in the first place.
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 Steve BPremium
join:2004-08-02
Seattle, WA
1 edit | I have to agree. The only difference is that its no secret that members of congress are bought. We all know it happens. It does need to stop. I agree with what you said plus I believe lobbying needs to be banned as well.
I also emailed both of my state senators about this. That is pretty much all we could do. I hope to God that something happens in our favor. |
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 DrModemPremium
join:2006-10-19
USA
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+1 agree |
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It's high time lobbyists are treated like child molesters. After all, they're out to screw every American, young or old. |
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said by karlmarx:If that's not showing you how totally corrupt the US government, nothing will. Why does a CORPORATION get to write a law that affects the citizens of the US? The pendulum has swung WAY to far to the right with respect to the rights and powers of the corporation. The simple fact of the matter, is that the corporations KNOW that if their buying of the congress is made public, there will be a backlash. Which of course, is why both congress and the fat cat executives of the faceless megacorp don't want any of this seen. It's high time we solve the biggest problem of all, the buying of congress by corporations, and FORBID any donations by corporations to ANY congressman, and PAC, any political process at all. If every member of congress had to raise money from their constituents, instead of being bought by the megacorp, we would never even see such insane proposals in the first place. Totally agree it's not dem vs rep pro this pro that the main problem with this great country is CORPORATIONS AND OF COURSE GREED the only thing we have is a friggin letter to our state officials to say "hey i think i am getting screwed can you please look into this for a taxpayer" the only way to stop this for the common folk like us is revolution, start over let us be in charge not the top 1 percent of our society |
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 IT GuyOw, My BallsPremium
join:2004-07-29
Las Cruces, NM
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Agreed. The money train to our politicians needs to stop if the American people are really serious about getting control of our country again. Big Business' influence over our government is a great national security threat.
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Forbidding donations from corporations does make sense. For one, while corporations are legal entities that are viewed similar to people under the law, they aren't people, and can't vote, so they shouldn't be involved in politics at all. However, to make it work, you'd also have to place limitations on how much a person or organization can donate on a yearly basis. Otherwise, the CEO of the EvilEmpire (TM) could just write a huge personal cheque at a political fundraiser, and if he's really evil, be reimbursed for it as a year-end bonus. |
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