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**Pyuvjzwf** · 06-24-2012, 11:58 PM

I dunno if I buy that..

We very nearly got sold into carbon slavery by huge interests and all their money..

Obamacare benefits vast interests in Pharma, Med and Ins. All very wealthy.

We got sold out on TARP to Wall Street and all their money..

We're getting draconian border checks and intrusion on the internet thanks to wealthy and vast interests primarily in Hollywood.

Our campaign finance laws and practices are a complete joke... Wealthy foreign interests would have no problem circumventing them.. DC doesn't care.

It seems to me that DC only cares about and works for interests who are wealthy..

The American people they could really care less about.

I'm not talking about the bigger, overarching problems. Those are real issues, no doubt. I'm talking about the party level. Where the action happens. The lines surely blur when it comes to outside and personal interests, as many people's personal interests are influenced by outside interests. But, politics are all about interests. I'd rather open the whole fucking thing up to as much American money as people want to put in (bar any external funding), force them to document the origin of every dollar, and have at it. We're never going to get campaign finance reform that doesn't favor incumbents over those running to oust them. I'd never trust the people who could have their power put at risk to create rules that don't favor them. I don't like the idea of rules for where I can give my money anyway. And since I want to be able to give to whomever the fuck I please, whenever the fuck I please, I'd be a right hypocrite if I didn't want the same thing for every other person or group of people, no matter what their message is.

More rules never fix the problem. We should try less. Fewer rules in this case would probably have helped Paul. His strategy was to use the messy rules to take delegates at the caucuses. Simple rules would have made the whole thing transparent.

06-24-2012, 11:58 PM	#20
Pyuvjzwf Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 428 Senior Member	I dunno if I buy that.. We very nearly got sold into carbon slavery by huge interests and all their money.. Obamacare benefits vast interests in Pharma, Med and Ins. All very wealthy. We got sold out on TARP to Wall Street and all their money.. We're getting draconian border checks and intrusion on the internet thanks to wealthy and vast interests primarily in Hollywood. Our campaign finance laws and practices are a complete joke... Wealthy foreign interests would have no problem circumventing them.. DC doesn't care. It seems to me that DC only cares about and works for interests who are wealthy.. The American people they could really care less about. I'm not talking about the bigger, overarching problems. Those are real issues, no doubt. I'm talking about the party level. Where the action happens. The lines surely blur when it comes to outside and personal interests, as many people's personal interests are influenced by outside interests. But, politics are all about interests. I'd rather open the whole fucking thing up to as much American money as people want to put in (bar any external funding), force them to document the origin of every dollar, and have at it. We're never going to get campaign finance reform that doesn't favor incumbents over those running to oust them. I'd never trust the people who could have their power put at risk to create rules that don't favor them. I don't like the idea of rules for where I can give my money anyway. And since I want to be able to give to whomever the fuck I please, whenever the fuck I please, I'd be a right hypocrite if I didn't want the same thing for every other person or group of people, no matter what their message is. More rules never fix the problem. We should try less. Fewer rules in this case would probably have helped Paul. His strategy was to use the messy rules to take delegates at the caucuses. Simple rules would have made the whole thing transparent.
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