At 14:45 27-1-01 -0500, John Giorgis wrote:
> >I assume that is because most of the election campaign funding comes from
> >corporate donations, which means that politicians will do anything they
> >can to keep those corporations happy.
>
>This is incorrect. What you assume is that whichever politician raises
>the most money will win.
I never said that whoever raises the most money will win. What I'm saying
is that politicians need money for their campaign, that most of that money
comes from corporate donations, and therefore politicians want to keep
those corporations happy. After all, if they suddenly started making law
after law that would hurt said corporations, these corporations will not be
inclined to finance those politicians next campaign.
John, assume for a moment that you are president of some large corporation.
You decide to make a very generous 7-digit donation to candidate X's
election campaign. X gets elected, and starts passing law after law that
will cost your business millions of dollars. Will you make another generous
donation to X when he tries to get re-elected?
>I know this comes as a shock to you Jeroen, but
>in America we really do vote for our elected officials - even more shocking
>is that Americans don't always vote for the candidate with the most
>corporate money.
No need to become insulting, John. Keep it civilized. I *know* you people
vote for your officials (never said you didn't). I also never said
Americans vote for the candidate with the most corporate money.
Jeroen
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