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Originally Posted by DJ The Kid
Also, I think the occupy movement rightly puts the focus on the economic institutions rather than on the politicians who are merely their lackeys.
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I think it's the other way around. The politicians are in control and have done a great job over the years of convincing us that they are just poor innocent sidekicks.
But even IF you believe that the govt. isn't all powerful...then I still say that there couldn't be ANY corruption if our politicians weren't the ones being paid off!
Think about that for a second. IF the politicians weren't "on the take" (in other words: CROOKS) then the "evil" companies wouldn't be able to "pay them off".
And just looking at the "BailOuts" that happened...it sure looked to me like the big companies were BROKE. And then the POLITICIANS funneled money to them. (which in the end comes back to the politicians under the table)
You see...I can completely understand why anyone (including you) would take a job as a CEO of a big corporation. They get paid millions of dollars right up front. Very transparent.
But I have to ask myself...and any of you who are serious thinkers do too...WHY on Earth would anybody spend millions of dollars to get elected to a low paying govt. job?
Is it because they are selfless human beings who just want to "serve" the public?
You know better than that.
At least the CEO of a corporation is a known commodity. His job is to MAKE MONEY.
Politicians? It's all hidden and uses OUR MONEY to give them power and glory.