When the government has the power to lavish benefits on one business and crush another through a stroke of the pen, it's only natural that money and special interests will move in, seeking benefits for themselves and the crushing of their competitors.
A weak, limited government as envisioned by the founders would not have this problem.
If the dems who are vowing to fight this are proved guilty I hope they throw the book at them for costing the taxpayers extra to run the trial. That being said,both the 1 republican and 3 democrats should all pay for their crimes.
Hmmmm....playing the old "guilty card" is he(?)
"After his plea, Newton said that he became "caught up in business as usual in Nashville."
"It is time for us to acknowledge candidly that the legislative process has become saturated with money and special interests," Newton said reading from a prepared statement. "
No. It's time to root out the corrupt individuals who rationalize that the crimes they commit are business as usual.
Throw this crook in jail for a very long time.
If corruption is common there, throw lots of politicians in jail for a very long time.
Throw those bribing the politicians in jail as well.
There's noting wrong with people or groups who believe strongly about an issue making it clear to politicians that the issue is important to them.
However, when people go to the point of bribing a politician and the politician accepts the bribe, they are committing a crime. It's an extremely subversive crime that damages our society and must be punished harshly.