Trump Draining the Swamp
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Betcha that another YUGE and massive investigation starts next week.... Impeachment by Friday noon ~ again
Of all the ludicrous promises Donald Trump made while he was running for president, the most absurd was his vow to “drain the swamp” — his shorthand for smashing the culture of corruption that cynics say is Washington’s main feature.
Trump was absolutely right to say that the system is rigged to benefit an elite class. Money and connections matter. The concerns of the “forgotten man” really are forgotten much of the time. Millions of his voters believed that Trump would drain the swamp once and for all.
Many of them still do.
But it was no surprise to most of us that Trump would do the exact opposite of what he promised: Trump hasn’t drained the swamp; rather, he’s replenished it.
Lobbyists wrote the tax bill. The Republican congressional leadership invited corporate lobbyists to write the huge tax-cut bill that is giving hundreds of billions of dollars to corporations and their owners, and which sets the stage for large spending cuts in programs that tens of millions of Americans depend upon, such as Medicaid, Social Security, and Medicare.
Not only are the cuts skewed overwhelmingly to the wealthy and the well-connected, but the process was utterly corrupt. The House and the Senate bypassed the usual procedures of hearings and committee markups that ensure transparency about what’s included in the bill. A democratic process gives the public confidence that laws aren’t being written in secret or rushed through without much thought or public input.
The result was a feeding frenzy by lobbyists, each hoping to extract the maximum benefit for their clients, regardless of the cost to anyone else. By the end, some senators admitted that they had no idea what they were voting for, even though independent experts warned that the bill wouldn’t boost economic growth, or bring back jobs to America, or benefit the middle class very much, or be fiscally responsible.
The essence of corruption is allowing a private interest to control the government so as to claim as many of benefits as possible while shoveling the costs on to others. The tax bill certainly is an epic achievement in the history of corruption.
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https://www.marketwatch.com/story/d...t-swamps-and-heres-how-hes-done-it-2017-12-20
Trump was absolutely right to say that the system is rigged to benefit an elite class. Money and connections matter. The concerns of the “forgotten man” really are forgotten much of the time. Millions of his voters believed that Trump would drain the swamp once and for all.
Many of them still do.
But it was no surprise to most of us that Trump would do the exact opposite of what he promised: Trump hasn’t drained the swamp; rather, he’s replenished it.
Lobbyists wrote the tax bill. The Republican congressional leadership invited corporate lobbyists to write the huge tax-cut bill that is giving hundreds of billions of dollars to corporations and their owners, and which sets the stage for large spending cuts in programs that tens of millions of Americans depend upon, such as Medicaid, Social Security, and Medicare.
Not only are the cuts skewed overwhelmingly to the wealthy and the well-connected, but the process was utterly corrupt. The House and the Senate bypassed the usual procedures of hearings and committee markups that ensure transparency about what’s included in the bill. A democratic process gives the public confidence that laws aren’t being written in secret or rushed through without much thought or public input.
The result was a feeding frenzy by lobbyists, each hoping to extract the maximum benefit for their clients, regardless of the cost to anyone else. By the end, some senators admitted that they had no idea what they were voting for, even though independent experts warned that the bill wouldn’t boost economic growth, or bring back jobs to America, or benefit the middle class very much, or be fiscally responsible.
The essence of corruption is allowing a private interest to control the government so as to claim as many of benefits as possible while shoveling the costs on to others. The tax bill certainly is an epic achievement in the history of corruption.
more
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/d...t-swamps-and-heres-how-hes-done-it-2017-12-20
Drained the swamp of politicians and filled it back up with CEO’s, his rich racist buddies and Pedophiles
Poor Cliffy. He's as bad as a Trumpite. Believes what he wants to believe.
https://www.snopes.com/jeff-sessions-private-prisons/
https://www.snopes.com/jeff-sessions-private-prisons/
Betcha that the next impeachment allegation has to do with Trump fudging his score card on the next 18 he plays
The moment that they find Hillary's damaged server with all those emails