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Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf
I dono how you can't say one side is more corrupt then the other but they are both corrupt, corrupt is corrupt, not everyone in each party is but likely everyone that matters is and that's how they got to a position where they matter
the problem with US politics, and pretty much politics everywhere, is that there are only 2 goals for the candidates
get elected, beat the other side
the good of the public doesn't seem to matter, and in the US both sides are guilty of that and both sides have a large majority of their members who only see thing's through their ideological lens
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This is a lazy, general observation. It's generally true that both sides of the political spectrum have their corruption, but due to the nature of American Politics and how tied it is to money it is different. The Democrats have made some attempt in the last decade to legislate with the people in mind (albeit with huge concessions to big business). The Republicans have not. All their ideas or bills they propose solve none of the actual problems. Earmark reform? Welcome to 1% of Federal spending.
Name one piece of Republican legislation proposed in the last 5 years that would solve America's healthcare, financial, energy, or education crisis. Beyond Ron Paul's auditing the Fed.