Friday, September 14, 2012
I Know the Congressional Culture of Corruption - Jack Abramoff - The Atlantic
Unless you are possessed with extreme naivety, you surely know or suspect this.
After all, corrupt politicians have been around since biblical times.
The only surprising part might be how prevalent it is, and how dishonest they are when they swear to be above all that...
After all, corrupt politicians have been around since biblical times.
The only surprising part might be how prevalent it is, and how dishonest they are when they swear to be above all that...
In this article, a guy who knows the turf, Jack Abramoff tells how it REALLY is:
"...corruption has dulled the luster of the American political experiment and left our citizenry confused and irascible. And nothing has provoked outrage across the fruited plain as has the chicanery of the special interests and their emissaries, the lobbyists. Our system allows interested parties to provide public servants with remuneration even as they badger those same officeholders to intercede in the parties' private affairs. This use of money to buy outcomes is most striking in the legislative branch of our government and only slightly less pervasive in the executive branch. It is in the judiciary that law and public consensus are better aligned to forbid the use of financial inducement."
