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I wish the candidates would stop talking about legislative agendas as much as they do and focus on the things actually in the purview of the office they seek. I
by arminiusreturns 7y ago
I wish the candidates would stop talking about legislative agendas as much as they do and focus on the things actually in the purview of the office they seek. I know almost all of them are in the legislative branch, but I'm tired of hearing about legislative promises they won't be able to deliver on!
The reality is that K-street and the oligarchs write the laws, congresspeople don't even read the bills, maybe key staffer or two who the K-street firm promised a job later who did the actual legwork on the bill has read some of it, and then the congressperson votes along all kinds of machiavellian and other power lines that have nothing to do with "is the bill good or not".
Until America fixes congress, plans like this will get railroaded via riders and rewrites regardless of the merit of the original proposed bill.
At least it mentions the glut of monopolistic mergers and aquisitions, but I want more than "we will fight it". Tell us how you intend to actually use the DOJ to go after white-collar and anti-trust crimes!
Bernie couldn't and doesn't even stand up to his own party as is evidenced by it's corruption in the 2016 election. What makes anyone think he can stand up against the oligarchs?