The proper role and scope of government

[Ibby]

Ism INC. yeah, we ARE selling our country to corporations. What are YOU going to do about it, merc? What is your plan to fix the entirely legal but fundamentally corrupting flow of money to congress?

Originally Posted by Lawrence Lessig, "Republic Lost"

Does the fact that more than $1 billion was given [by Wall Street derivatives traders, to Newt's congress, Democrat and Republican alike,] affect your ability to believe that this insanely complicated area of regulatory policy was [de]regulated sensibly? Does it affect your confidence or trust in the system? Or can you honestly say that the regulatory mistakes of the past three decades were unrelated to this, the largest single sector of campaign and lobbying contributions in our government?

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Ibram

Ism INC. yeah, we ARE selling our country to corporations. What are YOU going to do about it, merc? What is your plan to fix the entirely legal but fundamentally corrupting flow of money to congress?

Elect someone willing to overhaul the tax law and turn it on it's head. That would be a good start.
Oh, and this: