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To: Sunny Jim who wrote (102800)	4/20/2009 1:00:14 AM
From: Skeeter Bug	3 Recommendations Respond to of 110194

Sunny, add post office "contributions" (which are about $100 million in clinton's case) and we'd be well on our way to solving much of the problem. as you say, though, it won't happen - the corporations and those who run the corporations won't let it happen. this is a hallmark of fascism - the corporation won't let reform substantially reduce their influence on government. that's why mickey mouse will never enter the public domain - a corporation keeps paying off government to change copyright to benefit the corporation at the expense of the american people.

To: Sunny Jim who wrote (102800)	4/20/2009 1:56:26 AM
From: benwood	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

I agree. And the forefathers had no idea such a system would evolve. I watched the John Adams series recently... very good ... and it was a marvel to see how "simple" life was in his time, being President and walking around the street on his own, hardly recognized. The people of course can enact such a measure, via the Constitutional Amendment process. I remember when I was a young teen and the Equal Rights Amendment was making the rounds, eventually to fall short. I think the political process has become so divisive that such an effort will not get launched in our lifetime... for anything except some wag-the-dog, meaningless distraction of course.