Someone sent me this email. I do not support the drop out or even the hint of armed insurrection, but the crimes described are sickening and call for metaphorical tar an feather all day long. Can the system right itself? Or is the problem described in "Extortion" inherent in any political system? I've heard an argument for a hereditary aristocracy as a way to reduce this sort of thing. But as fallen creatures, we will never see the end of it.
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-12-04/peter-schweizer-extortion
Hit "Listen" on this page. It's both shocking and entertaining. We all know that Congress is corrupt. Voting in Congressional/Senate elections makes us parties to the crime.
This interview with the author of "Extortion" reveals the details and the mechanisms our representatives and senators use to extract cash from all
sides: business, labor unions and organized citizen groups.
I've always wondered why the tax credit for R&D spending is never long-term, but must be renewed every year at the last minute by congress. As revealed by the author, fear that the credit will lapes creates a financial annuity for politicians and lobbyists alike. Every year tech companies make political contributions and hire lobbyists to assure continuation of the credit--which is always approved. But there's always "next year."
The "double milking" ploy is also explained--an ingenious legistlative strategy to get private parties on both sides of a big issue to pony up. One side contributes money to support the bill; the other side pays money to block it. And everyone inside the Beltway wins.
Its time for the pitchforks and torches.