Is the US about to become a kleptocracy ?

LOL ! 👍🏽

@pezzza: apparently not. The ones who were screaming pay-to-play earlier now want in on the loot it seems.

@BigAsset: So much for draining the swamp then.

@pezzza: as someone pointed out... His cabinet picks are the swamp!

@bijouxbroussard: why do you say that??then why is it my female friends, gay friends, Mexican (from Mexico) and black friends from California support him? We are third generation from Mexico and WE supported him.

Racist is the most overly abused work in the English language. We want to get unity but keep getting pushed apart and kept a part.

@Hikingguy: I don't want to insult you. But I believe only people for who support white supremacy voted for Trump. And one does [b]not[/b] have to be white to hold that view, sadly. You're tired of hearing about racism ? Imagine how exhausting it is living through it. ! And pretending it doesn't exist hasn't made it go away. I have a long time friend, Mexican American also third generation born, with ancestors who lived in our state (California) when it was part of Mexico. [i]She[/i] also supported Trump. Didn't stop fellow Trump supporters from anonymously putting a note in her mailbox that said [b]"Go Home !"[/b] Where the hell did they think she [i]was ?[/i] That's what his rhetoric has made acceptable.

Wow. I have no words. I supported him and stand about as far away from white supremacy as one can. Sad.

i would like to hear it - i'm not 'troling' genuinely interested @firefall:

@Sacron22: The short form is, the plutocracy took over government in 1876, discarding the electoral winner (Tilden) & obtaining legalised access to public funds for their corporations and themselves, along with legalising "lobbying", i.e. corrupt payment for services to politicians. And ... this has continued ever since, and is still in force: examine the budget carefully & you'll see just how much money gets tucked away as corporate subsidies, through defence, agriculture, HUD

Thanks. I agree, re. corp subsidies (and by-industry tax breaks) plus lobbyists' de facto payments to officials I didn't know about 1876, but i'll check it out. @firefall:

@Sacron22: I'm looking at the fact that the president-elect seems to be bringing his business into the White House by bringing his children in to manage it with all the connections he will have as president. They won't have to have any special titles or security clearance to still have access. It will be an advantage no one else doing business will have, and I just don't trust that his Cabinet (based upon the folks he's choosing) will say much about the glaring conflict of interest.

@bijouxbroussard: You're right. I didn't think it through. This has become disgusting, rather tan depressing. Is that the 'stages of grief'?

@bijouxbroussard: I believe that he plans on governing with the same disrespect for the truth and the law that he has had all his life. Hopefully he's in for a very rude awakening. His first lie will come at his inauguration when he swears to uphold the constitution ..... yeah , sure you do Donald.