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Originally Posted by Joshua G
thats the thing. money, & more specifically lots of it, is so important to people that they will sell out their ideals, sell out their supporters, for a big paycheck. Look how politicians make money when they leave office. its crazy! they get jobs from people who pay them for the sole purpose of accessing people in power. Eric cantor got voted out of his own party, & in return gets a million dollar job to hobnob with his friends. How much money did the clintons make, 10s of millions?
& our right wing scotus says money is speech so even corporations have the right to speak with cash.
voting is just supporting the least bad option now. you can choose between a showman, a socialist, or a felon. take your pick.  |
In the UK so many got pissed off with the status quo of having the EU tell everyone what to do. UKIP rose from nowhere to scaring the Tories into giving Brits a referendum. Other EU countries are seeing a real surge of Nationalism.
Are you saying the US has no such independents? If so vote for the guy who isn't sitting in the seat.
Bush made millions out of being President. His backers made billions. Look at who got the contracts to clean up after the wars. The strangest part is so many people blame the Government when clearly they're not to blame. It's the people using (buying) the Government that need to be blamed.
In Europe, we have a similar situation, big business and the EU giving jobs to politicians. We even gave Blair the warmonger the job as ME envoy. Does it get more ironic?
Yes it does. Electing a big businessman to be President in a country where the norm is big businessmen buying politicians. And expecting it to work out.