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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: combjelly who wrote (736472)9/1/2013 5:28:53 PM
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>> Concentrating wealth leads to corruption in government.

You're making a pretty big leap. Corrupt politicians, like Obama, Pelosi and Reid are what causes corruption in government. Or like many in Clinton's administration, who were about as bad. OTOH, the Bush administration was built on integrity from the top down, and that's why there was no corruption there; it just wouldn't have been tolerated.

Obama's first campaign was supposedly run on contributions from "little people". Yet, he is easily the most corrupt president of modern times. So, whether money causes corruption or just takes advantage of it, is a philosophical issue I suppose.

The important thing, and what the 17th Amendment screwed up, is that the popular vote infuses elections with corruption because senators have to be somewhat corruptible in order to get re-elected for term after term.

I suppose your argument is that the best way to avoid corruption is to make sure no one has money. That's pretty stupid. The best way to avoid corruption is to create a system in which mostly people of integrity become candidates. That is what the 17th did. There were a few bad actors along the way that were able to get through, but nothing like today.

Even 30 years ago the Senate didn't reek of the Schumers and Reids as it does today. It just gets worse by the year.

You say "take the money out of elections" but I cannot IMAGINE the level of corruption you'd have if the government were involved in the funding of them. It really would be a total disaster.
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