The Political-Industrial Complex

[Donnachaidh]

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/7837-the-political-industrial-complex

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You see, we don't really have a democracy or, for those who like to be precise, a functioning democratic republic. And it isn't really governance. Rather, we have a political industry that launders money. Tax dollars pay the salaries of Senators and Representatives and provide for their small armies of staffers. We pay for their "fact-finding" junkets. They also get great healthcare, a gym and security. The political appointees of the Executive Branch do pretty well, too. And, by and large, the same thing happens at the state level.

But that's just the tip of a titanic financial iceberg. The really big money comes from trying to get those pols elected. And re-elected. And re-elected again.

That's where the partisan laundry service really takes the shirts off of all our backs.

Political contributions get cycled through PACs and SuperPACs and lobbying firms and advertising firms and polling firms and law firms. As the money comes into campaigns, it pays for staff and also ends up lining the pockets of all those political professionals who keep the "wheels of progress" turning or, more often, not turning. Frankly, less progress extends the life of issues and the candidates who run on them.

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