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Skwmom

(12,685 posts)
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 12:42 PM Feb 2016

Corruption. The 800 lb Gorilla that they would like the American Public to ignore.

Big money has bought our govt. and it does its bidding. It has corrupted our govt. Most of our politicians are bought and paid for.

That is the one issue they don't want discussed.

NOTE: And this doesn't just apply to the GOP. Do you really think they were only going to buy one party?

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Corruption. The 800 lb Gorilla that they would like the American Public to ignore. (Original Post) Skwmom Feb 2016 OP
so many don't care EdwardBernays Feb 2016 #1
And the reason we cant fix that is because half of the electorate believes their lives randys1 Feb 2016 #2
I agree the money isn't used properly. It is used to enrich the 1%, the politicians, their family Skwmom Feb 2016 #3
I was actually saying that to some degree the money is used properly, and rightwingers randys1 Feb 2016 #5
They should be but then how does anyone defend it? Thanks for your OP I think we Jefferson23 Feb 2016 #4
I agree. Skwmom Feb 2016 #6
The Clinton's = Corruption Inc. ReallyIAmAnOptimist Feb 2016 #7

randys1

(16,286 posts)
2. And the reason we cant fix that is because half of the electorate believes their lives
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 12:45 PM
Feb 2016

will be better if that corrupt government were to get smaller, do less, and have less power.

While they drive down paved, nice roads they scream at their radio in agreement with Rush Limbaugh, secluded in his mansion, about how bad paying taxes is and how the money isn't used properly.

So instead of fixing the government and making it better to serve us, the people who need government the most, middle class teapartiers and GOP, want to destroy it.

Their billionaire Oligarch owners want that too, but they know what they are doing. They know that without the government, their voting base will have zero power and that will be the end of that.

Skwmom

(12,685 posts)
3. I agree the money isn't used properly. It is used to enrich the 1%, the politicians, their family
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 12:52 PM
Feb 2016

members and cronies.

Corruption reigns on both sides of the aisle. Limbaugh is just as bad as MSNBC, CNN, etc. Who do you think pays that blowhard millions?

randys1

(16,286 posts)
5. I was actually saying that to some degree the money is used properly, and rightwingers
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 12:56 PM
Feb 2016

are too dumb to notice.

Like with infrastructure and so on.

As badly as we need it updated, that is.

Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)
4. They should be but then how does anyone defend it? Thanks for your OP I think we
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 12:53 PM
Feb 2016

should keep this at the forefront, always.

Reminder: “Yes, We’re Corrupt”: A List of Politicians Admitting That Money Controls Politics
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511297333

7. The Clinton's = Corruption Inc.
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 02:01 PM
Feb 2016

I'm not on twitter,

but that shouldn't that be the hashtag of the Dem primary season?

#CorruptionInc

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