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To: arun gera who wrote (44742)	9/17/2002 10:10:13 AM
From: LindyBill	of 281500

Do you really believe people who pay the money expect nothing? Of course not. In the main, what happens is that people give money to candidates that represent their views. What the bigger givers want to buy is "access," the ability to get the Politician on the phone or meet him at his office. "Money is the Mother's Milk of Politics." The big Corporate givers give to both Parties, and even to individuals who do not agree with them, just to make sure they can see them when they want to. We have developed a "Check and Balance" system by default. Since we have a "one man, one vote" system, we would be subject to the total robbery of the rich by the poor though the ballot box without some way to stop it. We use two methods to correct this. Our Constitution, and Money. The Rich pay Politicians to protect their interests, and have some Constitutional protection. The poor use the ballot box to influence what they want the Politicians to do. This results in the constant Political struggle that we witness daily. (Hey, I started this whole conversation with a comment on "Bakeesh")

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