OT: Washington Corrupted to the Core by Lobbyists – 60 Minutes Piece

[Huckleberry]

This is how TRULY corrupt our gov’t politicians are. 60 Minutes did a piece on it last night. It will PISS you off!

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7387331n

[briansd1]

Jack Abramoff provided politicians with:

Golf resorts
Meals
booze
Private jets
Tickets to sporting events

Of all those things, I would only desire the free flights.

Bob Ney lost weight and looks much better than before he went to jail.

[aldante]

I can’t stand all you cool people who think that we who think this is unacceptable are naive.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=aldante]I can’t stand all you cool people who think that we who think this is unacceptable are naive.[/quote]

Aldante: It IS unacceptable and has been a persistent problem for a long, long time.

“I recommend a law prohibiting all corporations from contributing to the campaign expenses of any party. Let individuals contribute as they desire; but let us prohibit in effective fashion all corporations from making contributions for any political purpose, directly or indirectly” -Teddy Roosevelt 1906

[Hobie]

Roger Hedgecock is interviewing Abramoff Tuesday 4pm AM600. He said he will be asking him to name names.

Could be very interesting.

[Zeitgeist]

I was just going to post the same thing. You are right Hobie. Let’s see if he shows up. I am surprised he survived this long as much dirt as he has on people.

[gandalf]

Hedgecock interviewing Abramoff on corruption?

Is this for real?

Send them both back to jail.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=gandalf]Hedgecock interviewing Abramoff on corruption?

Is this for real?

Send them both back to jail.[/quote]

Sounds like the pot calling the kettle black. I’ll listen :=]

I called him “Roger baby” for years.

[afx114]

Awesome song by one of my favorite bands: The Locust – Kill Roger Hedgecock

He played it on his show once, it was hilarious. bwhahahahaha

[markmax33]

Exactly as Ron Paul describes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIlZAyggz3o

If you think the lobbyist are bad everyone should check out the federal reserve.

[sdduuuude]

I’ve said it once. I’ll say it again: The reason lobbyists exist is because the gov has control over too much money. Keep the money with the people and the lobbyists won’t be so interested in lobbying.

I think it was CA Renter who suggested (paraphrased) that those who work for the government or receive any kind of pay from the government should not be allowed to lobby. It’s a difficult thing to regulate but the idea makes alot of sense to me.

[markmax33]

[quote=sdduuuude]I’ve said it once. I’ll say it again: The reason lobbyists exist is because the gov has control over too much money. Keep the money with the people and the lobbyists won’t be so interested in lobbying.

I think it was CA Renter who suggested (paraphrased) that those who work for the government or receive any kind of pay from the government should not be allowed to lobby. It’s a difficult thing to regulate but the idea makes alot of sense to me.[/quote]

I think everyone should look at the Dylan Ratigan show. Why don’t we just remove all corporation’s money from politics all together. The real issue I think is when the supreme court decided to legislate against the intent of the constitution and make a business a person and be able to contribute money to these campaigns. I would love to see if EVERY campaign was solely funded by their constituents. That would really show who the real winner of the election should be. 94% of the time the politician with the most campaign money wins an election, and the winners are all being bought by the corporations through lobyists.

[SD Realtor]

Campaigns funded by constituents is not the answer either. The solution is all quite simple:

Any campaign funds contributed by any individual shall be divided equally among all candidates. This includes funds from the candidates themselves.

This gaurantees everyone gets the same amount of money.

No contributions shall be allowed by corporations.

We should also do away with endorsements from any unions or other organization that may have an interest (or presumed interest) in any one candidate or party winning an election.

If we could strip away lobbying, contributions, and endorsements and put the advertising campaigns on equal footings I think we would have very interesting elections.

I think we would also do well to reduce the campaign season and compress the primaries and such so that politicians can spend more time governing and less time campaigning.

[markmax33]

[quote=SD Realtor]Campaigns funded by constituents is not the answer either. The solution is all quite simple:

Any campaign funds contributed by any individual shall be divided equally among all candidates. This includes funds from the candidates themselves.

This gaurantees everyone gets the same amount of money.

No contributions shall be allowed by corporations.

We should also do away with endorsements from any unions or other organization that may have an interest (or presumed interest) in any one candidate or party winning an election.

If we could strip away lobbying, contributions, and endorsements and put the advertising campaigns on equal footings I think we would have very interesting elections.

I think we would also do well to reduce the campaign season and compress the primaries and such so that politicians can spend more time governing and less time campaigning.[/quote]

All great ideas. The only mainstream guy even attacking this issue is Dylan Ratigan and I think he deserves a ton of credit for it.

[aldante]

[quote=SD Realtor]Campaigns funded by constituents is not the answer either. The solution is all quite simple:

Any campaign funds contributed by any individual shall be divided equally among all candidates. This includes funds from the candidates themselves.

This gaurantees everyone gets the same amount of money.

No contributions shall be allowed by corporations.

We should also do away with endorsements from any unions or other organization that may have an interest (or presumed interest) in any one candidate or party winning an election.

If we could strip away lobbying, contributions, and endorsements and put the advertising campaigns on equal footings I think we would have very interesting elections.

I think we would also do well to reduce the campaign season and compress the primaries and such so that politicians can spend more time governing and less time campaigning.[/quote]

Sounds pretty good. Attacks the idea that campaign contributions are attached to the first amendment……

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