Credit-card economics

[Texashusker]

Hell, it goes beyond need, it’s now just based off of how much we spent last year and how much more they can get away with.

[Didgevillage]

The more national debt (to the Fed), the more money these central banksters make.
Plain and simple.

You folks never smell the rat?

[pjohns]

@Eagle-Keeper

@pjohns

The fact is that most of the politicians in both parties are utterly and hopelessly addicted to spending. Also nobody wins elections by promising to cut spending.

You are entirely correct.

This is just one example of why I simply detest all professional politicians–with either a “D” or an “R” beside their names.

I would truly love to burn to the ground the entire Political Class–and never again have anyone in Congress or the White House who was not simply a citizen-politician (with the emphasis upon the word “citizen”).

There would be no such thing anymore as a “Political Ladder.” Rather, it would be an act of sacrifice –not a step upon the ladder of “career enhancement”–to take a few years off, and serve one’s country in Washington.

By and large a politician’s goal is power and wealth. These positions should be part time. I mean really, how much actual “work” do these people actually do? They don’t need to live in D.C., they could use Go To Meeting, Skype, etc. And there should be term limits. Their “jobs” are not that complicated and everyone of them is easily replaced.

I agree completely with your words here.

If only we could somehow–and I really do not know exactly how–totally abolish The Political Class in America, we would have taken a giant step toward the incentives of “wealth and power.”

As you said, part-time politicians, working from home, would suffice quite nicely.

[TWR]

We can, it’s called “term limits”.

Then additionally we need to pass a law banning them from working as lobbyists in any form for a decade after leaving office.

A law requiring they completely recuse themselves from participating in any way in the drafting or passage of bills that would benefit themselves or their families directly or indirectly would in addition to the other two would go a long ways towards eliminating the corruption that keeps fueling the beast.

Another area that is rarely considered is there needs to be a complete ban on Federal Funds going to NPO’s that participate in lobbying or donating to candidates seriously needs to be addressed.