On 12/19/2012 2:01 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote:
But it isn't just money-under-the-table and campaign funding that corrupts; it is also a huge think-tank industry and media empire that supports politicians who vote to allow mergers and tax breaks and special regulations that, down the road, result in corporations that really are too-big-to-fail. BrentSo, basically, we are just screwed. OK! ;-)At least the super-rich will have higher numbers in their bank accounts. That will make the loss of civilization for the other 6.9999 billion people all worthwhile ;)
No need for despair. Democracy has worked in the past. Anti-trust laws were passed. The Saving & Loan scams were outlawed. The USSR was overthrown. Even China has become less ideological.
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