Posted on 04/16/2014 12:04:10 PM PDT by Dallas59
The U.S. government does not represent the interests of the majority of the country's citizens, but is instead ruled by those of the rich and powerful, a new study from Princeton and Northwestern Universities has concluded.
The report, "Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens" (PDF), used extensive policy data collected between 1981 and 2002 to empirically determine the state of the U.S. political system.
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The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism, by Emmanuel Goldstein
Eliminate the complex tax code, and our politicians become far far less powerful and less worth buying.
The problem is not that the corporations buy influence, it's that the government sells it.
That's a Presidentially myopic perspective. The Executive has great influence, but does not write laws.
The Legislative branch does, and congressmen are much cheaper to buy than Presidents.
Exactly. Well put.
You’re right. Like the homeless, these studies dry up and disappear during Democratic Administrations.
But the law is made by one class of men. Law cannot exist without the sanction and the support of a preponderant force, it must finally place this force in the hands of those who legislate. This inevitable phenomenon explains the almost universal perversion of law. Instead of being a check upon injustice, it becomes its most invincible instrument.
Frederic Bastiat, 1850
I’ve assumed for years that none of us have any idea who pulls the strings of the shadow government that is currently ruling over us.
The more power the law gives to an office, the more people will try to have influence over the individual who holds the office.
It is human nature. The founders of the Republic were students of human nature and wrote the Constitution to protect against it.
It worked for a while.
Elites pointing out the country is run by elites. Interesting.
This is not "new" news. Michael Savage has been telling his talk radio audience that the US is an Oligarchy for years.
To me the interests of the vast majority of the people of this country have been suffering since Reagan left office, IMO.
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