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Originally Posted by vogues157
If most of the time politicians served the will of the people, I would agree with you. However, in this day and age politicians are serving the will of the corporations that get them elected and not the people. It might of worked 40 years ago, but not so much today.
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Of course, when our Democracy gets polluted by "industry stooges" who infiltrate our government to rig the game for their industry, we citizens lose our power. This corruption has got to end for sure- but I guess I believe that Obama might not be a total scumbag like most of them.
Bill Tauzin, who was a Republican congressmen from Louisiana is the archtype of this type of corruption. He worked tirelessly to get Bush's persciption drug plan passed (a plan that helps Big Pharma make more money- rather than help old people get affordable meds)- and the week after the bill passed, Tauzin quit his job as a Congressmen and went to work for Big Pharma.
In order for us citizens to truely utilize our political mechanisms to affect change in the market, we must seek these scumbags out and kill them in their sleep.