When there is political corruption, it comes from corporations who bribe our elected officials with campaign contributions. Both parties are involved. The solution is REAL campaign finance reform, including prohibiting all private campaign contributions. We need[u] publicly financed election[/u]s. To accomplish this will require repealing the supreme court's worst decision: Citizens v. United 2010,
@irishmolly72 Also agree. The politicians do not have the courage to either cut spending or raise taxes so the budget gets paid for, so they borrow and pass the tax burden on to future taxpayers...with interest!!! Wish I could run my house that way (not really).
@Pretzel No they are not too smart for that in reality. They all become millionaires in the US Senate and US Congress once they arrive and take office. So, they are smart enough to run and to get elected, and once elected they become a millionaire with 100% free health care for life (Not the piss poor Obama care we are stuck with either) and their children can go to any college for free paid for by the taxpayers.
They are not smart; they are just crafty manipulative asses that learn how to pad their own pockets while we get the scraps.
@WillaKissing That's the perfect argument for keeping the government as small as possible. At least then the politicians will have less ability to suck our blood.
Our nearly $32 trillion in debt gives them lots of money to play with:
