rightwinger
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I didn't say that. Maybe you could ask a question about something I actually said?
Ok ....how bout this?
Currently those in high federal office, whether elected, appointed, or hired, are dependent on corporate cash to keep them in their cushy and lucrative positions. Take away their ability to benefit those corporations whether by direct cash subsidy or tax policy or regulation and you take away their ability to reward bad behavior;choices, failure, ineffectiveness, inefficiency, either from individuals or entities.
You do realize this would land a federal employee in jail don't you?
Well so far it hasn't. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to follow the money--to know who is advocate for who, to see who is contributing campaign donations and where they are directing them. Bundling is a popular tactic of large groups and entities to get around contribution limits. So long as they keep it under $2,000 per contribution, your employer or union or whatever can make contributions to a candidate in your name, and through bundling it is unlikely that you or anybody else would notice your name on the list of contributors. Or they simply form a PAC on the side and do a lot of arm twisting to 'encourage' donations to the PAC that in turn funnels funds to a political party that will indirectly use them to benefit a particular candidate.
Did you naively think all that stimulus money going to this or that 'not quite shovel ready job' was inadvertent and well intended? Do you honestly think at least some of it was not distributed as payola to those who directly or indirectly helped Obama or others get elected?
Are you crazy or just too wrapped up in partisan mythology?
Every federal employee involved in the procurement process from GS-12 through SES has to file an annual financial disclosure form. You have to list every stock you own, all contacts with other companies, all your debts. That is for you and your spouse. The Hatch act prohibits them from being involved in any political process outside of voting.
If you have a conflict of interest you are reassigned or fired if you refuse to divest yourself. If you lie on your disclosure you are criminally liable