Comment by fleabagmange 3 days ago
No it’s because an un-elected class of political invents new ways to launder our money over and over. How else does a politician with a small salary end u on millionaire over and over? They do not get book and consulting deals out of the goodness of the public hearts
More to the point, it isn't the politicians of only one party who are getting rich this way.
Is there a reason you don't seem to be considering that companies lobby politicians to allow this?
Of course they do. But "lower taxes on ordinary people by defunding corruption" is a very different proposal than "sustain funding for corruption by raising taxes".
Indeed. Once is a great idea for the vast majority who don't benefit. The other eventually leads to gradual collapse or violent revolutions.
The amount of money given by companies to congresspeople to pass corrupt spending programs that enrich the companies is necessarily lower than the amount of money spent on those programs, too. Nobody expects that members of Congress would get all of the money. But they're not meant to be getting any of it, and the fact that they continue to implies that the corruption is ongoing.
@knodi123, what is partisan about fleabagmange's statement? They don't mention any politician, political party, or even political ideology.