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The 'Iron Triangle' is alive and well in American politics. The problem is, too many government officials have perverted the concept for self-enrichment.

Liberals and of course those that choose to go through life with blinders on, scoff at any such suggestion that we, as a nation, operate within the confines of some sort of shadow government.

guffaw - harrumph - harrumph

Charles Baudelaire once said, “La plus belle des ruses du diable est de vous persuader qu'il n'existe pas." - many folks would recognize the Keyser Söze version of the quote, 'The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.' Our government officials cant allow anyone to think that there is some kind of "power behind the throne" because it would ruin their scam - Folks become multi-millionaires as public servants. How it is possible for so many of these hacks manage such a lavish lifestyle on a salary of 174,000 dollars a year amazes me - unless you consider the possibility that they are 'owned' by their constituents.
Nah - that could never happen in aMErica

Think about this - anytime you think the Clintons are powerful , you should ask yourself, "who made the Cintons so rich?"
...THAT is who has the real power - whoever is bankrolling these crooked fucks.


-Special interest groups enrich our Politicians
-Congress passes budget increases
-Budget increases enrich the special interest groups

For example - AARP lobbies the House and Senate subcommittees on aging; these committees tinker around with the failing Social Security Administration; the SSA Bureaucrats prosecute policies and procedures that continue to enrich the AARP.
..old people still get fucked
...tax payers still get fucked
...young people will eventually get fucked
...social security is still fucked

Susan Collins and Bob Casey give LESS than two fucks about social security - they are entitled to FERS after five years of service (convenient that a senate term is six years) - tax payers and old people don't know the fucking difference because most of them only get their news from Sean Hannity and George Stephanopoulos. AARP is happy because they enjoy collecting membership payments from folks that are convinced that the AARP is looking out for them.
AARP is to old people what gangster protection was to small businesses in the 1930's. Meanwhile, we have politicians worth tens of millions of dollars - all on a salary of 170 grand per year.
How?

Some of them made their money by building their wealth and then getting into politics - but most of them got into politics in order to build their wealth. Any one of us would go to jail for using the same investment strategies that politicians are allowed to enrich themselves with.

Getting things done is a HORRIBLE way of getting filthy rich. Committee membership and three martini lunches is where the money is at.


...just my opinion - I could be wrong