If Trumps wins, who to blame?

[Belsnickel]

(09-18-2016, 12:01 PM)McC Wrote: i just can't agree with that.  I will agree that there might be a scant few who are in it for the right reasons.  What happens to those few?  One of two things.  They actually get into the  biz, (and yes, it is a biz) and are repulsed by it and run like hell or they are swallowed up by it.

They have created a system where money and special interests rule, a system that removes/insulates them from any real public scrutiny or accountability.  They operate unencumbered by what is best for the country.

Get rich in office, get rich later, because you were in office, same thing.  It's not just the money.  It's just as much about the power.   Altruism is really a very small part of the equation.  If they cared about the country, would both sides spend so much time shooting down the other side's agenda? 

They do care about some things--blocking the other side, staying in office, living the high life, keeping all their bad shit well hidden, partying like it's 1999.

I would definitely agree that the way things are has gotten out of hand. It's why I talk about publicly funded elections because that is the work around for these things, campaign funds. I do still think they believe they are doing the right thing, but of course whether or not it really is the right thing is debatable.