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ProfessorPlum

(11,257 posts) Fri Sep 14, 2018, 08:13 AM Sep 2018

Bribing our politicians to help us

I love the idea that Rep. Jayapal's Medicare for All PAC may help to push the US into finally adopting a sane health care system.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211128872

But what an indictment of our viciously corrupt system it is that we have to bribe our politicians to give us humane, inexpensive, and smart policy that a huge majority of our citizens want.

So now, we have to pay taxes that should fund better things for our lives, and then further pay to bribe our politicians to actually give us those things. (and of course, we have to fight the bribes they are receiving from forces that want to create worse lives for us).

What a great system of governance by money the supreme court has given us.

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Bribing our politicians to help us (Original Post) ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Nitram Sep 2018 #1

I want to understand this comment fully ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #2

I retract my statement. I confused this with the group that was raising money and threatening to Nitram Sep 2018 #4

oh no, that's ok , I just didn't understand ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #5

the money in the PAC is not (only) for Jayapal ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #3

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ProfessorPlum

(11,257 posts)

2. I want to understand this comment fully

Reply to Nitram (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 14, 2018, 10:34 AM

Sep 2018

who is blackmailing whom?

Nitram

(22,825 posts)

4. I retract my statement. I confused this with the group that was raising money and threatening to

Reply to ProfessorPlum (Reply #2)

Fri Sep 14, 2018, 11:25 AM

Sep 2018

support an opposition candidate of Susan Collins votes to appoint Kavanaugh. My apologies. I'm entirely in favor of supporting Medicare for All, and campaign donations have never been considered a bribe. Sorry for going off half-cocked on this one.

ProfessorPlum

(11,257 posts)

5. oh no, that's ok , I just didn't understand

Reply to Nitram (Reply #4)

Fri Sep 14, 2018, 11:29 AM

Sep 2018

I know what you are talking about re: Collins.

I do consider campaign donations legalized bribes, but in this case we can use them for good instead of evil, as is so often the case.

thanks!

ProfessorPlum

(11,257 posts)

3. the money in the PAC is not (only) for Jayapal

Reply to Nitram (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 14, 2018, 10:47 AM

Sep 2018

but any politician that espouses medicare for all. The idea is to buy representation in our government for something we want, the same way rich people and corporations routinely do.

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