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Old 04-22-2015, 08:03 PM  
crockett
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Originally Posted by Robbie View Post
crockett, you're missing my point. You CAN'T remove money. Oh, you can change the law. But people BREAK the law everyday...especially in politics.

What you are saying is that somehow, the crooks in Washington D.C. would suddenly become honest if they were only not tempted by money?

To me, that is backwards.

Can you imagine, for instance...if politicians REALLY did the things they promised during elections and actually had strong beliefs about things and wanted to SERVE the people instead of just gain power and money?

Those are the kind of people we need in office. But we never even get a chance to vote for those kind of people. The parties will NEVER allow anyone that rocks the boat to move up in the hierarchy to be in a position of power.

It's not the money that is the problem...you simply can't make laws and think it will go away. There are tons of laws already on the books. And for every dollar you see a politician get...I'll bet there are thousands more under the table that you will never know about.

It's the quality of people. Has nothing to do with a "third party". In my opinion there shouldn't be ANY party. Every candidate should have to stand on his own merit and have his own stance on the issues of the day.

Do I think that will happen? HELL NO.
The 2 party system is in power and ruling the country. They would never make any laws that make them less powerful. Never.
No Robbie you are wrong. We didn't always have this problem with big money the way it is today. The laws have been changed to allow groups like the Koch Bros to spend 900 million on the up coming election.

It wasn't always like this.. Yes there has always been "some" big money and favors but not like today where lobbyist write the fucking bills which congress passes and the president signs.

The money is so entrenched that it HAS to be removed or this country is lost. Your Magic Unicorn 3rd party where every member is a saint will not change a fucking thing because they have ZERO power and ZERO chance at hell of ever getting elected.

MONEY is the problem that HAS to be solved before anything else changes.. You are trying to put the horse in front of the cart..

Your Dreamy 3rd party has ZERO chance in hell of getting elected because of MONEY IN POLITICS.
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