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Nuclear Unicorn

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19. I'll wager you managed to type that with a straight face.

Reply to PotatoChip (Reply #18)

Wed Apr 2, 2014, 03:37 PM

Apr 2014

Why is the TPP going ahead under a D administration?

Why has the financial sector been able to keep Quantitative Easing policy in place in spite of the fact it has not produced the results promised and will leave our economy gut-shot as soon as it ends?

Why are boondoggle defense projects such as the F-35 continuing apace while the tried and true and beloved A-10 is threatened with the scrap heap?

Is the Keystone project truly dead or are the interested parties just jingling their change cup?

We have the best democracy that money can buy.

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The problem isn't money corrupting politics; it's money-corruptible politicians [View all] Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2014 OP

And judges? jwirr Apr 2014 #1

Federal judges aren't elected. Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2014 #2

But the SC just struck down the campaign finance laws. CJCRANE Apr 2014 #3

It's the politicians. Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2014 #4

Thank you. But we aren't looking for solutions, we are hearing the same old rhetoric again sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #5

How do you propose they pay for their campaigns, if not for accepting money? PotatoChip Apr 2014 #8

What, then, is the harm in striking down the campaign finance limits? Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2014 #11

Limiting the amount is extremely important. PotatoChip Apr 2014 #18

I'll wager you managed to type that with a straight face. Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2014 #19

The fact that any bit, let alone *all* of that is going on PotatoChip Apr 2014 #20

Which of my cited examples ISN'T fascism? Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2014 #22

None of them are examples of fascism. PotatoChip Apr 2014 #25

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So you would accept a murdering fascist's description of his ideology PotatoChip Apr 2014 #27

I was referring to the buying of the judges. jwirr Apr 2014 #7

Have they been bought as opposed to working from ideology? Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2014 #9

Who knows? I think they are just as corrupt as the other repugs but that is my opinion. Everyone jwirr Apr 2014 #10

"I think they are just as corrupt as the other repugs" Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2014 #12

At least they are not trying to make my vote meaningless. jwirr Apr 2014 #13

Do you seriously believe that? Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2014 #17

Yep, those of us who are looking at everything with our eyes wide open truedelphi Apr 2014 #16

Yep. I don't see many politicians turning down corporate money..they solicit it. Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2014 #6

Politicians, like hedge fund managers, only care about legality, not morality. n/t truedelphi Apr 2014 #14

I think you are wrong hfojvt Apr 2014 #15

This system attracts corrupt politicians - those who want... polichick Apr 2014 #21

The problem is: human nature BainsBane Apr 2014 #23

Yes, it is human nature. Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2014 #24

The two go hand-in-hand. Flies are drawn to crap, ants run to sugar, bees flock to the honeypot. riqster Apr 2014 #28