As Mr. Rubio has ascended in the ranks of Republican politics, Mr. Braman has emerged as a remarkable and unique patron. He has bankrolled Mr. Rubio’s campaigns. He has financed Mr. Rubio’s legislative agenda. And, at the same time, he has subsidized Mr. Rubio’s personal finances, as the rising politician and his wife grappled with heavy debt and big swings in their income.
Now, with Mr. Rubio vaulting ahead of much of the Republican presidential field, Mr. Braman is poised to play an even larger part and become Mr. Rubio’s single biggest campaign donor, with an expected outlay of approximately $10 million for the senator’s pursuit of the White House.
The money has flowed both ways. Mr. Rubio has steered taxpayer funds to Mr. Braman’s favored causes[/i], successfully pushing for an $80 million state grant to finance a genomics center at a private university and securing $5 million for cancer research at a Miami institute for which Mr. Braman is a major donor.
This is the result of applying capitalism to government. When personal wealth is more powerful than government, it can buy government. Our government is for sale and this needs to be stopped. This kind of corruption cannot be tolerated. Both these men should be in prison.
This is the result of applying capitalism to government. When personal wealth is more powerful than government, it can buy government. Our government is for sale and this needs to be stopped. This kind of corruption cannot be tolerated. Both these men should be in prison.
This is the result of applying capitalism to government
This is the result of applying capitalism to government. When personal wealth is more powerful than government, it can buy government. Our government is for sale and this needs to be stopped. This kind of corruption cannot be tolerated. Both these men should be in prison.
This is just what happens all the time. Political favors are bought. The system is damned.
This is the result of applying capitalism to government. When personal wealth is more powerful than government, it can buy government. Our government is for sale and this needs to be stopped. This kind of corruption cannot be tolerated. Both these men should be in prison.
This is the result of applying capitalism to government. When personal wealth is more powerful than government, it can buy government. Our government is for sale and this needs to be stopped. This kind of corruption cannot be tolerated. Both these men should be in prison.
This is just what happens all the time. Political favors are bought. The system is damned.
No they shouldn't, it's not proven they broke any law.
No ones who has broken no laws should be in prison.
This is a result of government's increased influence. If government wasn't so valuable to control, the costs would drop. But we still have those who want to use government as a club to push their own agenda.
False narrative.
Uh, no, it's the result of the corporate's increased influence. If the people of this country weren't so weak we could put a stop to this nonsense.
Would those be the same people who keep wanting the government to do more and more for them or the people who do want the government to be less involved in day-to-day life that often get made fun of by many on this forum?
I liked it better when the government was the umpire, not one of the players.
:dohUh, no: the proof is right there in front of you.
No, now you're drifting off. I liked it better in the old days too, but since about 1979 the corporate has moved on the whole country, changed the paradigm, and now they're openly using our government, and visa versa to advance an agenda - that is protected by people on this forum who want government "stay out of everyday lives".
:doh
:lamo:lamo:lamo
Wrong!
Take away the usefulness of the tool (government) and the tool stops being used for things it was not intended. It is this very topic which illustrates the issue. It isn't the person doing the buying that is at fault, it is the person who is being bought. Public service was never intended as an avenue to become rich and yet how many people leave office dozens of times wealthier than they left?
No they shouldn't, it's not proven they broke any law.
No ones who has broken no laws should be in prison.
This is the result of applying capitalism to government. When personal wealth is more powerful than government, it can buy government. Our government is for sale and this needs to be stopped. This kind of corruption cannot be tolerated. Both these men should be in prison.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/u...st-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
So let’s not hear any more about Warren Buffet:
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socialists want to punish being wealthy. especially wealthy people who aren't socialists like Soros or nanny state lovers like Buffett
"the rich pay most of the taxes" is older than dinosaurs.
We've posted more than 1,567,984,567 times evidence that it's based on excluding payroll taxes.
The problem is that a lot of rich daddy conservatives don't even know that payroll taxes are part of the tax collected during annual federal tax returns, since they've never had to do any of their own taxes.
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