It's not our political system that is inherently corrupt. It is politics which are inherently corrupt.
Put aside ideological issues for a moment, and consider: which party is simply the best at governance when it is in charge? Specifically, which one is more corrupt, and which more competent?
Both parties are corrupt. As long as they maintain the two party monopoly they do not have a reason to change.
Crap.
Can someone with the power to do so please change "less" to "more" in poll option #5?
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Democrats look out for The People
Republicans look out for The Rich
That's an utterly ridiculous thing to say.Democrats look out for The People
Republicans look out for The Rich
In truth, both look out for themselves, and the people giving them campaign money.
This time around, the Democrats are doing what they think is best, with a lot of arrogance. The Republicans are trying to block everything to the point of hyperpartisanship. Basically, both parties suck.
They both suck but who supports the poor people more? Who supports much needed social programs and equal right issues best? That would be the Democrats.
Of any given party, the LIBERTARIANS and people with a libertarian bent (like Ron Paul) by far have the best records. Ron Paul's record is darn near perfect. That's why I admire him so much. Even most libertarians fall short of Ron.
It is depressing that nearly all of our country's leaders lack the very basics of economics and keep passing ridiculous laws that strangle our economy.
They both suck but who supports the poor people more? Who supports much needed social programs and equal right issues best? That would be the Democrats.
Both party's suck. As a country, we have lost our way.
I already said to not include ideology in this.
If I had to go by the past 15-20 years, I couldn't say that either party, collectively speaking, knows their ass from a hole in the ground, and that both are riddled with self-serving corruption.
On the whole, I favor gridlock.
1. Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT): This marks two years in a row for Senator Dodd, who made the 2008 "Ten Most Corrupt" list for his corrupt relationship with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and for accepting preferential treatment and loan terms from Countrywide Financial, a scandal which...
2. Senator John Ensign (R-NV): A number of scandals popped up in 2009 involving public officials who conducted illicit affairs, and then attempted to cover them up with hush payments and favors, an obvious abuse of power...
3. Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA): Judicial Watch is investigating a $12 million TARP cash injection provided to the Boston-based OneUnited Bank at the urging of Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank...
4. Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner: In 2009, Obama Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner admitted that he failed to pay $34,000 in Social Security and Medicare taxes from 2001-2004 on his lucrative salary at the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
5. Attorney General Eric Holder: Tim Geithner can be sure he won't be hounded about his tax-dodging by his colleague Eric Holder, US Attorney General. Judicial Watch strongly opposed Holder because of his terrible ethics record, which includes...
6. Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL)/ Senator Roland Burris (D-IL): One of the most serious scandals of 2009 involved a scheme by former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to sell President Obama's then-vacant Senate seat...
7. President Barack Obama: During his presidential campaign, President Obama promised to run an ethical and transparent administration...
8. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA): At the heart of the corruption problem in Washington is a sense of entitlement...
9. Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) and the rest of the PMA Seven: Rep. John Murtha made headlines in 2009 for all the wrong reasons. The Pennsylvania congressman is under federal investigation for his corrupt relationship with the now-defunct defense lobbyist PMA Group...
10. Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY): Rangel, the man in charge of writing tax policy for the entire country, has yet to adequately explain how he could possibly "forget" to pay taxes on $75,000 in rental income...
Dems... 9 of 10 ain't bad; next year we hope you'll achieve a perfect score.
Judicial Watch Announces List of Washington's "Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians" for 2009 | Judicial Watch
Dems... 9 of 10 ain't bad; next year we hope you'll achieve a perfect score.
Judicial Watch Announces List of Washington's "Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians" for 2009 | Judicial Watch
Wow, that's some truly terrible reporting. You can tell by the way they phrased some of those that it's an incredibly biased source of information.
I can understand some of them like Dodd and Murtha. But Obama made the list for "promising to run an ethical and transparent administration," and Pelosi made the list for a vague "sense of entitlement"? Give me a freaking break. That's just partisan hackery, not an honest look at corruption.
Taxpayers pay $101,000 for Pelosi's in-flight 'food, booze'
Judicial Watch said the newly obtained 2,000 pages of documentation show Pelosi's military travel cost the U.S. Air Force $2,100,744.59 over two years – including $101,429.14 for in-flight expenses, including food and alcohol.
Judicial Watch Announces List of Washington?s ?Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians? for 2007 | Judicial Watch8. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL): A “Dishonorable Mention” last year, Senator Obama moves onto the “ten most wanted” list in 2007. In 2006, it was discovered that Obama was involved in a suspicious real estate deal with an indicted political fundraiser, Antoin “Tony” Rezko.
In 2007, more reports surfaced of deeper and suspicious business and political connections It was reported that just two months after he joined the Senate, Obama purchased $50,000 worth of stock in speculative companies whose major investors were his biggest campaign contributors. One of the companies was a biotech concern that benefited from legislation Obama pushed just two weeks after the senator purchased $5,000 of the company’s shares.
Obama was also nabbed conducting campaign business in his Senate office, a violation of federal law.
That's never gonna happen.
And both parties stink.
Put aside ideological issues for a moment, and consider: which party is simply the best at governance when it is in charge? Specifically, which one is more corrupt, and which more competent?
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