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Posted by Dwight Rousu - via NewsRack (Energy)
The article is short and direct and on point about the money corrupting democracy in this country. Well said.
when the insiders in Washington have finished tearing worthy intentions apart and devouring flesh from bone, none of these reforms happen. “Oh,” they say, “it’s all about compromise. All in the nature of the give-and-take-negotiating of a representative democracy.” That, people, is bull – the basic nutrient of Washington’s high and mighty. It’s not about compromise. It’s not about what the public wants. It’s about money – the golden ticket to “the select few who actually get it done.”
The game goes on and the insiders keep dealing themselves winning hands. Nothing will change – nothing – until the money lenders are tossed out of the temple, the ATM’s are wrested from the marble halls, and we tear down the sign they’ve placed on government – the one that reads, “For Sale.”
Publicly financed elections owned by the people would present an opening for democracy to come to the U.S.A. The legislators will not make this change unless we rise up and force the issue.