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Something to chew on...

When I was in High School, there always seemed to be this mystique around being voted in as the "Class President"
...but what in the fuck does a class president even do?

Did the class president ever get a soda machine for homeroom?
Did the class president ever change school hours?
Did the class president ever get us better 'gym uniforms?
Did the class president do anything to forward the athletic program?
No.

Why?

Because the class president has no real power.


Our selected officials work on the same premise.
The only difference is that it isn't "The Principal" that runs the school - its "the donors" that run election campaigns.
Our selected leaders make it through the primaries because SUPPORTERS (aka, bag men) pay their way in.
...and they get who they want to pay for
Does it matter?
Pfft.

Ask Bernie Sanders - see what he thinks - and then look at how quick he falls in line every time he runs and every time the donors tell him "not now Bernie"

The corporations that stand to "lose" money from bills like this are the same ones that write campaign checks.
...and they aren't about to write campaign checks to a bunch of crooked fucks that don't actually care about ANY of the shit they vote on.

Does anyone really think that a 10 billion dollar slush fund, available until September of 2028 under the auspices of "Worldwide Security Protection" is really going to be handled with integrity?
...by ethical people?
...for unbiased security efforts?
...in a manner that isn't tilted towards the stewards personal enrichment?


I'm not asking for a friend this time either.
I'm curious as to how many of us REALLY think that the people writing and voting for these measures haven't already opened up new offshore bank accounts to cover whatever the new scam is that they are about to run.


What's the over/under on long long it takes for this to die quietly under cover of "the next big thing" ??