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Politics : Mainstream Politics and Economics
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To: grusum who wrote (37321)1/8/2013 3:13:22 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie  Read Replies (1) of 85487
 
if he'd only take the final step and realize that only over-reaching government unconstitutional power enables most corruption. instead he blames corporations for buying government power that shouldn't be for sale in the first place. without government power they'd be harmless.

I've been trying to make this point for months now.

The people in power, the politicians/government, have set up a system where they are for sale. And if a corporation (or union or whatever) is to be successful, they have to play by the rules that the people in power set. This is whether they are official, unofficial, legal or illegal.

I have used the Chicago traffic violation example where it was well known that the way to deal with a ticket was to bribe the cop giving you the ticket. Who is at fault? the guy bribing the cop or the corrupt law enforcement agents who have set up the corrupt system.

The problem is with our politicians. And liberals want to give the politicians even more power. And the liberal corporate leaders like Bill Gates and Warren Buffet and a whole host of wall street execs who support bigger government do so because they know it benefits them, not us.
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