Only one group is capable of pulling this one off. They've done it before and now have a taste for it. How long before the rank and file realize that the leadership are not idealists, they are gangsters. Maybe they once were idealists and fighting for a cause larger than themselves. Perhaps even a justifiable one (though not through justifiable means). Long ago the money got to them. Now they live in the fine houses and wear bespoke suits. There's only one way to keep the money train rolling.
Feds eye Stevens' home remodeling project
Feds eye Stevens' home remodeling project . Thank God they're going after this guy. He's been so brazen with his porkbarreling and the whiff of corruption around him has been ripe enough to smell from here. I'd rather have a 100% democrat run Congress if they were ethical. Term limits. One term for Senate, two for the House, one for the President. Some fear that would increase the power of lobbyists. Simple, ban any former members from being lobbyists and limit lobbyists to terms as well. (I'm not sure how that would work. Just a thought.) The other answer is transparency. No earmarks without a floor vote. No spending of any kind without a floor vote. All spending committees (intelligence aside) open to the public and recorded and available on the web.
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