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   masterskrain said, 7 months ago

   And just think of the good that could have been done with that money…infrastructure repairs, or improved equipment for some schools, or being able to hire more teachers…or even just putting some of it towards the debt…
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   dtroutma said, 7 months ago

   ^Yes, but likewise, most of what’s spent on “defense”, and the cost of “tax breaks” could do even more good if spent on infrastructure repairs, and at home in other areas than what “Boehner and the boys” want.
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   Dredpiraterobt$ said, 7 months ago

   Two words: Brewster’s Millions!
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   Michael wme said, 7 months ago

   At the risk of repeating myself (from yesterday), I am terrified that Obama will appoint illiterates to the Supreme Court.

   
   The Roberts court was able to read the article in the US Constitution that clearly states that corporations are people, but I am afraid that Obama’s appointees won’t be able to read, and will think that the sacred US Constitution has no such article, and will remove the sacred personhood from corporations.

   
   The horror. The horror.
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   Jade said, 7 months ago

   @Michael wme

   ^ I see what you did there.
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   I Play One On TV said, 7 months ago

   It’s a good thing we printed more of it. We might have run out.
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   mdavis4183 said, 7 months ago

   Half of that is from Obama’s union, Holywood, billionaire, foreign donations.
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   Eryx said, 7 months ago

   Wrong. Money did not trump votes. And Trump did not produce a single vote.
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   braindead08 said, 7 months ago

   Waaaay back in the nineties, Newt’s ‘Contract with America’ prominently included campaign financing reform.
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   When asked what happened to it after Republicans were elected to majorities, he just shrugged and said ‘It didn’t get any votes.’
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   Since Republicans always have a money advantage, they will always obstruct campaign reform.
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    BrassOrchid said, 7 months ago

    No need to get the money out of politics. Just place reasonable limits on the powers of the government and the money will go elsewhere by itself. The waters will recede.
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    phlegm said, 7 months ago

    @BrassOrchid

    Damn right! First on my list is FEMA — who needs all these goody two shoes breaking into flooded homes to haul out the living and the dead — and withtout warrants!! What’s on your list?
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    ahab said, 7 months ago

    @phlegm

    Chortle! Snort!
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    DrCanuck said, 7 months ago

    So the billionaires paid millions of dollars to elect politicians who would save them from having to pay thousands of dollars in taxes.

    
    What’s wrong with this picture?
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    ck716 said, 7 months ago

    @DrCanuck

    Great point. They’re either dumb or there’s more to it than we can even imagine
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    ninety_nine_percent said, 7 months ago

    Citizens United — the Supreme Court’s worst mistake, it left “We the People” in a wasteland. The rich have more representation than the other 99% combined, all due to money and politics.
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