On 10/9/06, Denny Valliant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And the lack of accountability in general, and the power they hold sway > over us with as a people, Re: lobbying, pork, and other methods of > "Buying" what they want. The democratic process isn't supposed to > work that way, last I checked. Maybe that doesn't bother some people, > but personally, I'll never have enough money to buy the changes I want > in our laws, or government. At least not till payday.
Pork - Politicians get elected for giving money to their constituents. They go to DC to see how much *Federal* money they can get redistributed to their state. It's a food fight, and the nation as a whole is losing. Wealth redistribution - taking wealth from all of us as a nation and giving it to specific people in certain states. -Cameron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:217166 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
