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to direct influence on lawmaking And whose fault is that, the huge and powerful government's for being so easily susceptible to corruption or much smaller and
by crusso 11y ago
to direct influence on lawmaking
And whose fault is that, the huge and powerful government's for being so easily susceptible to corruption or much smaller and in no way as powerful businesses for seeking easily-obtained influence? Since the rules are set by those in government, it seems rather disingenuous to point the finger back at those using those rules to their advantage.
If we were serious about dealing with this specific problem, we'd join hands in implementing term limits, lobbying regulations, much stronger limitations upon politicians' ability to enter the lobbying community after leaving office, stronger congressional ethics controls regarding prosecution for obvious quid pro quo relationships, etc.
If we'd take the bait away, the corporations would wander off on their own.
And that's bad because?
It's a deception. It puts the blame on something that is only part of the problem. It refuses to even acknowledge the collusive nature of both business and government.
- coldtea 11y ago>And whose fault is that, the huge and powerful government's for being so easily susceptible to corruption or much smaller and in no way as powerful businesses for seeking easily-obtained influence? The government is not some Borg like entity. It's made of people, and each of these people are way less powerful than those other people -- the rich guys with the tons of money to bribe that run businesses. As to whose fault it is, besides the direct perpetrators, underneath it all it's the citizenry's fault for not being more vigilant about it. After all it's their interests those politicians and businesses are stomping on. >Since the rules are set by those in government, it seems rather disingenuous to point the finger back at those using those rules to their advantage. Like, it's not like those "using those rules to their advantage" don't know they're doing some wrong AND breaking the law, when they buy politicians. So, we can and we should blame them too.