RE: Nerd By Northwest #224 – “Agent of Temptation”
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I like the idea of candidates having to wear sponsor patches like racing drivers. All donors should be public. I hear the Kochs have been running US politics for a while. Murdoch also has a lot of control. Sad state of the world...
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If that happened, I think it would shock people a little to see how many big donors they have. But it would probably shock them much more to see how many elected officials from opposing parties have the EXACT SAME corporate donors. Pretty telling indicator of where most decisions are REALLY made...
Politics should be transparent. These people are supposed to represent the voters, but if others are paying for influence it has to be in the open. More transparency could increase public trust that has been lost.
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ENGAGEtokens.The left blames the Kochs. The right blames Soros. Both are actually small fish in the grand political pond.
Name names then! You will need to show your working of course.
The conspiratorial response would be, "If they were such a big deal in the first place, we wouldn't even know their names!" But on a more serious note, I'd like to see the people who claim they hold so much sway present their evidence. How does it compare to CitiGroup and other banking interests, Boeing and other "defence" interests, the medical conglomerates, etc? Feel free to poke around.
Obviously big companies have influence as well as some wealthy individuals. Areas like defence and oil are bound to involve corruption. So much for 'drain the swamp' :(