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General Category => Politics => Topic started by: redcliffsw on June 15, 2016, 05:55:59 AM

Title: Money Going to Washington . . .
Post by: redcliffsw on June 15, 2016, 05:55:59 AM

Walter Williams on money and the criminal Congress.

If Americans would demand that Congress do only what's specifically enumerated in our Constitution, influence-peddling would be much smaller. That's because our Constitution contains no authority for Congress to grant favors or special privileges or give one American the earnings of another American.

Seeing as most Americans do not want a constitutionally bound Congress, I am all too afraid that an observation attributed to Benjamin Franklin is correct: "When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic."
-Walter Williams

Read on:
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2016/06/walter-e-williams/end-republic/


Title: Re: Money Going to Washington . . .
Post by: upoladeb on June 16, 2016, 09:36:14 AM
That's why we need term limits on the senate and congress.
Title: Re: Money Going to Washington . . .
Post by: redcliffsw on June 17, 2016, 05:33:09 AM

The newly elected ones don't seem to be any better and in fact they get worse as we elect more of 'em. 

How would term limits get conservative Americans elected? 
Title: Re: Money Going to Washington . . .
Post by: upoladeb on June 17, 2016, 04:10:43 PM
when the same people are in charge they become more influencel ?[ how every you spell it].build up more favors .Here in our own state our law makers think not doing their job is a option.I guess you shouldn't have to have a law limiting re-election people should be smart enough to limilt their re-election.Some people need more than a sign