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Originally Posted by charlie g
I think you can blame the politicization of the oversight and regulation on the political structure we currently have. Everything is for sale in Washington. Special interest throwing money at politicians is not freedom of speech; it's plain out bribery.
Don't lose sight of the ball. The democrats and republicans are to blame. To separate the two is a mistake. They want to make politics a sport so we all choose a side and not notice or care when "my side " fucks up. The "other side" gets angry that things are fucked up, so the mobilize and get "their side" back in power. Nobody wins because we all lose. Special interests funnel the money and our representatives fuck us over. But as long as it's "our guy", it doesn't matter. It's just a sport.
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If it's just a sport and sides don't matter, why is it the Repugnicans trying to rob social security, conservatards fighting the appt. of a truly effective leader for the consumer protection bureau, conservatives apologizing to BP, conservatives fighting regulation of big business, conservatives trying to eliminate taxes on the obscenely wealthy?
Don't kid yourself. There's a difference. Saying in an oh so blase tone that there's not betrays an intellectual laziness and no real grasp of what's actually going on.