Florida Legislature proves once and for all that it is for sale

St Pete Times ^ | 3/26/2011 | Howard Troxler,

[scottteng]

These are harsh words for a Sunday morning, but the occasion screams out for them. I take them from the Bible; please forgive me.

The Florida Legislature proved this past week, once and for all, that it is the utter Whore of Babylon.

It is now legal in our state to pay off the Legislature directly. Who says so? The Legislature.

This is not a joke.

This is not satire.

This is Florida — where the laws of our democracy are now openly, officially For Sale.

On Thursday afternoon, with greedy lip-smacking speed, the Legislature voted to relegalize a bygone and corrupt institution, outlawed in this state for more than two decades, known as "leadership funds."

[gunnyg]

ThankYa....
Best
Gunny G aka: Dick G
*****

[sionnsar]

Kind of puts them on the same level as whores doesn’t it.

Lower. Much lower.

[reformedliberal]

Thanx.

I still think this is asymmetric propaganda. Just opening more fronts and keep the pressure on when the progs are out of power.

[Popman]

I still think this is asymmetric propaganda

No doubt............since everything in a progressive mind is political in nature

[JimRed]

People making campaign donations always want something.

That is true, and donating in what they perceive as their own self interest is fine. But "buying" legislation has to be stopped.

I propose that by law, all political donations be anonymous. That way, the voter (actually the business, organization, etc.) can donate to whomever he wishes to support, but can't "buy" him. You can't sell influence if you don't know who is buying.