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The politicians (at least in the US it looks like from abroad) are subject to legal corruption aka lobbyists and PACs. That is where they are getting the money

by tyfon 8y ago

The politicians (at least in the US it looks like from abroad) are subject to legal corruption aka lobbyists and PACs. That is where they are getting the money not from the voters. They will say whatever they can to get votes then turn around the day after elected to ask their patrons what to vote for.

gaius 8y ago
That is where they are getting the money not from the voters. They will say whatever they can to get votes then turn around the day after elected to ask their patrons what to vote for. Exactly this. The Clintons went from stony broke to a $250m fortune and no one quite seems sure how. Even the lucrative speakers fees from Goldman’s can’t explain it. Love him or loathe him, no one can deny that Trump doesn’t need to do that kind of chicanery.
- pjc50 8y ago
  > Trump doesn’t need to do that kind of chicanery .. because he's funded by laundered Russian money instead? https://newrepublic.com/article/143586/trumps-russian-laundromat-trump-tower-luxury-high-rises-dirty-money-international-crime-syndicate https://newrepublic.com/article/143586/trumps-russian-laundr...
  - mirimir 8y ago
    Interesting. I wonder if the full story on this will ever come out. Are these truly the end times? They are for me, I know, but I'm curious.
    - Fjolsvith 8y ago
      I think its more like that missing link story in evolution. You know, the one they haven't yet found because it never existed.
- oblio 8y ago
  Doesn't Trump park half of the Secret Service 100 times a year at his golf resorts at huge costs? Besides the various scandals regarding his Russian contacts.
  - Fjolsvith 8y ago
    That Secret Service doesn't get vacation when he's at the White House. And they never slacked off for other presidents. Why does it seem that government expenses are suddenly Trump's fault?

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The politicians (at least in the US it looks like from abroad) are subject to legal corruption aka lobbyists and PACs. That is where they are getting the money

by tyfon 8y ago

gaius 8y ago
That is where they are getting the money not from the voters. They will say whatever they can to get votes then turn around the day after elected to ask their patrons what to vote for. Exactly this. The Clintons went from stony broke to a $250m fortune and no one quite seems sure how. Even the lucrative speakers fees from Goldman’s can’t explain it. Love him or loathe him, no one can deny that Trump doesn’t need to do that kind of chicanery.
- pjc50 8y ago
  > Trump doesn’t need to do that kind of chicanery .. because he's funded by laundered Russian money instead? https://newrepublic.com/article/143586/trumps-russian-laundromat-trump-tower-luxury-high-rises-dirty-money-international-crime-syndicate https://newrepublic.com/article/143586/trumps-russian-laundr...
  - mirimir 8y ago
    Interesting. I wonder if the full story on this will ever come out. Are these truly the end times? They are for me, I know, but I'm curious.
    - Fjolsvith 8y ago
      I think its more like that missing link story in evolution. You know, the one they haven't yet found because it never existed.
- oblio 8y ago
  Doesn't Trump park half of the Secret Service 100 times a year at his golf resorts at huge costs? Besides the various scandals regarding his Russian contacts.
  - Fjolsvith 8y ago
    That Secret Service doesn't get vacation when he's at the White House. And they never slacked off for other presidents. Why does it seem that government expenses are suddenly Trump's fault?