08-19-2016, 01:22 PM
fauch:
There is no lobby for reform. No matter how sensible it may be, our government as presently constituted only responds to those who have their ear and that is not us, not the voter. They only hear the arguments put forth by paid lobbyists.
Much of this stems from the SCOTUS decision to allow unfettered streams of money to fund political campaigns and causes.
Watch the prison industry react with their "contributions", they're second only to the NRA in the amount the pump into the political system. Try to run for governor in a "private prison" state without those funds, even better; try to run for governor and oppose private prisons.
It's a bit of idiocracy we could have anticipated, and some did, it's idiocracy we saddled ourselves with in the name of, that holy g_d, privatization.
There is no lobby for reform. No matter how sensible it may be, our government as presently constituted only responds to those who have their ear and that is not us, not the voter. They only hear the arguments put forth by paid lobbyists.
Much of this stems from the SCOTUS decision to allow unfettered streams of money to fund political campaigns and causes.
Watch the prison industry react with their "contributions", they're second only to the NRA in the amount the pump into the political system. Try to run for governor in a "private prison" state without those funds, even better; try to run for governor and oppose private prisons.
It's a bit of idiocracy we could have anticipated, and some did, it's idiocracy we saddled ourselves with in the name of, that holy g_d, privatization.