2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHere’s how much corporations paid US senators to fast-track the TPP bill
Its a rare thing for members of Congress to go against the money these days, said Mansur Gidfar, spokesman for the anti-corruption group Represent.Us. They know exactly which special interests they need to keep happy if they want to fund their reelection campaigns or secure a future job as a lobbyist.
How can we expect politicians who routinely receive campaign money, lucrative job offers, and lavish gifts from special interests to make impartial decisions that directly affect those same special interests? Gidfar said. As long as this kind of transparently corrupt behavior remains legal, we wont have a government that truly represents the people.
The average Republican member received $19,673.28 from corporate TPP supporters.
The average Democrat received $9,689.23 from those same donors.
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/may/27/corporations-paid-us-senators-fast-track-tpp
This is one of the reasons we need a political movement under Bernie. We need to fight back against this type of corruption. Our own people are undermining us. Unite under Bernie's presidency.
aidbo
(2,328 posts)..and the return on their investment is so large, one would be a fool to not expect results like this.
azmom
(5,208 posts)Funded by the people. Look at how much Bernie has raised?
aidbo
(2,328 posts)..to represent, they will be beholden to the interests that pay to put them in power.
http://www.wolf-pac.com/
20k per politician for laws that vastly favor them? That's dirt cheap!
NorthCarolina
(11,197 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)You've reduced us to the helpless pawns of money.
azmom
(5,208 posts)99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)In the wake of CU, anything pretty much goes. No questions asked.
Once upon a time in this nation, political bribery was a crime and universally
despised and frowned-upon. Now it's just the way it is.
newfie11
(8,159 posts)This should be illegal!
ThoughtCriminal
(14,011 posts)A few million gets them what? tens of billions?, hundreds?