John McCain

[Belsnickel]

(08-27-2018, 02:38 PM)Millhouse Wrote: Probably right about the tolerance of people. Though I dont know of anything like the Keating scandal has happened. I mean, I know it has happened and very likely happened with the banks committing fraud that lead to the housing market crash in 2007 resulting in a light slap on the wrist with no arrests and bailouts. But not to the point of an actual investigation with Senators named in basically being bribed to help them to get off the hook.

However McCain did say that was his greatest mistake, repaid back all the trips by Keating out of his pocket, and began politicking against lobbyist money from then on.

There haven't been investigations into it because everyone is doing it and they are more careful about covering their tracks. Keating level corruption is going on regularly. It's why elected officials pass policies that favor their donors rather than the public that elects them. You can look at voting records of them and see this in the data. The big money donors are treated more favorably by elected officials in both parties because they are buying that loyalty through donations and lobbying.