Posted by
Charlie on Sunday, September 06, 2009 10:35:12 AM
BRIBE - Any gift or emolument used corruptly to influence a person.
Why isn't tort reform in any of the proposed socialized medicine bills now making their way through Congress?
Why haven't our abundant oil resources been developed leaving us at the mercy of antagonistic regimes in the Middle East?
Why are farmers deprived of irrigation water to protect some bottom dwelling junk fish?
Why aren't our borders secured and our immigration laws enforced thereby putting the security of the nation at risk?
The answer to these and many similar questions is bribery of our elected officials by special interest groups.
The most ridiculous of these is the constant blocking of oil drilling by the Democrat Party. This concession to the conservation wackos by the Democrats not only endangers our national security but causes hundreds of billions of our dollars to go to regimes that are antagonistic to us. A good portion of these billions are funneled to terrorist organizations. in effect these billions are going to support our enemies.
The problem is ever increasingly expensive political campaigns. I don't know how much was spent on the last presidential campaign but I do remember that the Obama campaign was reporting contributions in the hundreds of millions. I can foresee a billion dollar presidential campaign in the near future with special interests gaining more and more influence over the winners. The power should be with the people and not the special interests.
The angry protests at town hall meetings are evidence that the average person is tired of having their interests subjugated to the narrow interests of a few groups.
Tort reform is not considered because lawyers give large bribes to the Democrat Party.
Most people want to develop our oil resources but this is denied because the conservationists give large bribes to the Democrat Party.
Farmers are deprived of irrigation water because of conservationist bribes.
We have an illegal immigrant problem because of bribes given to both parties. The Republicans at the behest of the US Chamber of Commerce want cheap labor mainly from Mexico. The Democrats at the behest of Latino groups are trying to build a voting bloc of people to whom they will give government largess. Both are detrimental to the average American.
The answer to this problem is to limit campaign spending. I have suggested in the past that campaign spending be limited to spending 25 cents for each vote cast in the previous election. So if a 100 million votes was cast in an election spending in the next election would be limited to $25 million. This would also apply to state, county and all other elections. The number of votes cast for a particular office would determine the amount of campaign spending. Any excess contributions would go into the general fund of what ever jurisdiction the election was held in.
If enough citizens get behind such a proposition it could be passed. Any elected official opposing this should be thrown out of office.
DON'T VOTE FOR INCUMBENTS!! DON'T VOTE FOR LAWYERS!!