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Backroom deal making and political favors are as old as this country. It's how important legislation gets passed. That's also how you end up with 6,000 earmarks on a transportation bill, many of which have nothing to do with transportation. As long as we allow large corporations and pressure groups to control congress, then the White House, regardless who occupies it will be making deals.Are deals made? Of course they are or no major legislation would ever get passed. The drug and insurance companies are too powerful to get any healthcare legislation through without their backing. Anyone that believes otherwise is either naive or very obtuse.
Just all in the course huh? Crap like this is exactly why this country is in it's current shape. The something for everyone mentality simply drives costs on things higher in order for everyone to get their payoffs.
If we've reached the point where we can't get legislation passed without bribery and blackmail, then it's time to scrap this system ( or it's players ) and start over.
Well maybe the easiest way to deal with it is to get rid of any lawmakers we find making back room deals. Perhaps we should hold them to the high standards they claim to have when they are campaigning. We as a citizenry, will get exactly what we're willing to tolerate.