On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 23:05:39 -0500 ScruLoose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 09:50:35PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > > David Palmer. wrote: > > > > Put all politicians on a wage of $500.00/week, and make it a > > > capital offense to take a political bribe, and you would get the > > > ones that want to do the job for the right reasons. > > > > No. You'd get the ones that want to do the job for all the worst > > possible reasons. Under those conditions only fanatics and > > crackpots would run for office. > > This is true, but you could take a huge step in the right direction > just by applying a halfway-sane definition of "political bribe" in the > first place, and making sure it comes with stiff penalties. > > Half of the stuff that gets called "campaign contribution" in the US > would get both parties ten years in jail if you tried it in any other > democracy in the world. > > How Enron donating a billion dollars (that it got from stockholders by > fraud) to G. W. Bush's presidential campaign (for example) contributes > to freedom, democracy, and fair elections is a mystery to me. > Yep, and Cheneys' outfit, Haliburton, have just wound up their contract in Iraq, from what I hear. Regards, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
