WayneH wrote: There are crooks in ALL parties. The political system that allows lobbyists and special interests to corrupt them insures there will always be.
Why doesn't the media expose them instead of buddy with them?
WayneH wrote: The issue of empty flights is similar to government-subsidized bus service to rural towns. The bus companies don't want to stop in small towns but the government pays them to maintain the route.
It is little programs like this that don't seem like a lot but they do add up. What is a million here when we are wasting a billion there.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
WayneH wrote: There are crooks in ALL parties. The political system that allows lobbyists and special interests to corrupt them insures there will always be.
So what political system would you prefer? Every system is subject to
human nature. There are very few saints.
I prefer our political system but banning lobbyists and only allowing politicians to accept money from within their own district. I'm also for term limits for all politicians. Even the Supreme Court.
WayneH wrote: I prefer our political system but banning lobbyists and only allowing politicians to accept money from within their own district. I'm also for term limits for all politicians. Even the Supreme Court.
And if pigs had wings.
I am for reducing the power of government to legislate economic success and failure. If they did not have the power lobbyists would go extinct.
WayneH wrote: I prefer our political system but banning lobbyists and only allowing politicians to accept money from within their own district. I'm also for term limits for all politicians. Even the Supreme Court.
WayneH wrote: How about paying farmers NOT to grow crops?
Exactly. Ducks Unlimited, a conservation/hunting group supports the Feds paying farmers to not grow crops. Creates more habitat for wildlife, but is this the best way to do it?
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
