I don't think I'm saying anything almost everyone doesn't already know but our country is currently being run by those who contribute to our politicians. The bigger the contributor the more he/she has to say about how things are run. It's bribery at the highest levels of our society and it's ruining the country. It panders to our politicians' perceived need for power and money and it influences their every action. Congress itself needs to pass legislation to stop it.
I think politicians should not be allowed to accept anything from anyone or any organization. I think the government should fund political campaigns. I think our politicians should be elected and, once elected, act based on their own personal beliefs. Our elected officials should be above reproach and should act and do according to what they believe to be the best for the country and not what's best for some special interest group that gave them a lot of money, a vacation, rides on corporate jets, or other gifts.
The current practices are not only bribery, which I believe to be illegal, but they provide a negative example to everyone in the country who looks at it as "if it's OK for our Congressmen and Senators to do it, it's OK for me to do it also." I'll just bet that Dan Blagojevich thinks what he has done is OK because everyone else is doing it too.
We need to stop this nonsense now!
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