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Originally Posted by DTK
It doesn't fucking matter people! They're all just business agents for those that got them elected AND will give them lucrative employment after they leave office.
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So, WE have to get them elected (millions of Americans make small donations), and then change the laws to stop the "revolving door"
http://www.ncsl.org/legislatures-ele...hibitions.aspx and reform campaign finance.
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Originally Posted by DTK
Polls show that a strong majority of americans favor common sense gun regulations, higher taxes for the rich, and significant reductions in military spending.
But guess what? Far right-wing republicans (who have almost become mainstream) are vehemently opposing all those things. Why? Because they're in the back pockets of those interests!!!
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Very true - but a strong majority of Americans have been giving the Rethugs quite a pounding at the polls these days.
Again, I'm not saying any of this shit is easy. I have a hard time thinking of a scenario short of a full-on depression that would rouse enough of the public to force these changes.
What about Gary Johnson? What would keep him, or any other 3rd party candidate, from falling to the crooked system that props up the Dems and the Cons?