Wealth corrupts
Do we really have a choice when it comes to politics?
Absolute power corrupts absolutely. For over 100 years, that’s just what Democrats and Republicans have had, absolute power.
Sure, we elected them, but did we really pick them? In politics, it doesn’t matter what you know, but who you know.
Getting elected to any office of government requires money, the higher the office the more money it takes. This is how the rich have always stayed on top, they bought the government.
This is not an indictment of the rich or even the richest 1%. I’m talking about 1% of the richest 1%.
These are people more corrupt, greedy and ruthless than anyone sitting in any prison. They use their money and influence to get their puppets elected.
In return, they control the most powerful nation on earth. But that’s not enough, they want to control the entire world, and they’ll do whatever it takes to get what they want.
Why do you think we fight so many wars? It’s all about control, it’s about new markets to sell their cheap junk, new people to control, new government contracts.
Politics is deception, and we’ve all been deceived.
Jared Dean, Fresno
This story was originally published May 28, 2015 at 9:24 AM with the headline "Wealth corrupts."