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Possumpoint

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8. For What It's Worth

Reply to Thaddeus Kosciuszko (Reply #7)

Sat Dec 31, 2011, 11:48 AM

Dec 2011

Within two days of their arrival, new Senators and Representatives are given a seminar where they are trained on how to raise campaign funds and introduced to the lobbyists who they will deal with on legislative matters and fund raising. The corruption is therefore immediately passed on.

Under the system of elections where only a portion of the Senators are re-elected at a time and no term limits on either house there is no way to drain the swamp and get reform.

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agreed ddickey Dec 2011 #15

Too much wealth in the hands of too few - we're screwed. Initech Dec 2011 #16

Has failed at what? bhikkhu Dec 2011 #18

Which came 1st the chicken or the egg, the corrupt government or the failing economy? fasttense Jan 2012 #22

What is the most effective way to fix things is a better question bhikkhu Jan 2012 #25

Indeed! chervilant Jan 2012 #20