Re:Justin Amash Introduces Bill to End Civil Asset Forfeitur...
by pmoriarty on Friday December 18, 2020 @01:01PM
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"fundraising and the lobbyists that control money are the root cause"
It's not just that.
After they've left political office, politicians who've advanced the interests of some companies while they were in office often get extremely well paying jobs at those very companies.
High level corporate executives will also regularly go in to politics (Trump being Exhibit A, but there are plenty of others at lower levels).
This revolving door of corporation to political office and back is an open secret in government.
Yet the impression among the general population is that corporations and the government are clearly separate entities. They're not.
It's not just that.
After they've left political office, politicians who've advanced the interests of some companies while they were in office often get extremely well paying jobs at those very companies.
High level corporate executives will also regularly go in to politics (Trump being Exhibit A, but there are plenty of others at lower levels).
This revolving door of corporation to political office and back is an open secret in government.
Yet the impression among the general population is that corporations and the government are clearly separate entities. They're not.