Like today we have stories of $800 monkey wrenches and $1500 toilet seats. And Hillary's cattle futures, senators like Toraccelli, DNC chairmen like Terry McCallauff(sp?) making millions on Global Crossing.
My uncle was a small town pol here in NJ. He told me it was very difficult to stay honest but possible. He said it was impossible at county level and forget state. Federal is even worse. That is why this talented man stayed local - he was honest to a fault. Just because it's the way of the world doesn't mean I have to like it or accept it.
> but if the government felt there was a security advantage and an economic advantage for the country
Sorry to say those are always the reasons trotted out for this stuff. That's why it is important to study the history of this crap closely. When enough people realize how many scams are conducted in the name of the people's benefit or national defense and their taxes get high enough maybe, just maybe the brakes might be applied.
Yeah, there will always be those that position themselves to make money when they foresee these big projects coming. I don't think it's fair to say that only Republicans did this. Since the nation divided between Republican and Democrat in the Civil War, it's only natural that when the railroad got built that it would be Republicans building it because the Democrats seceded, there weren't many around were there?.
Sorry to say those are always the reasons trotted out for this stuff. That's why it is important to study the history of this crap closely. When enough people realize how many scams are conducted in the name of the people's benefit or national defense and their taxes get high enough maybe, just maybe the brakes might be applied.
Yeah, I agree. In this age of computerization and the internet, it should be more practical to keep the taxpayer informed of how their money is spent and it should be done so people can see scams.