I'm a little bummed today. Thought I had some juicy stuff about Progressive hypocrisy when I saw that Government Motors resumed making political contributions as of yesterday. The headline is that most of the $91,500 went to Democrats. Knife sharpened, I eagerly checked the list of recipients and tallied up $42,000 that went to Republicans, the most disappointing name being Eric Cantor, one of the architects of Pledge to America. How can the idiot take that $1,000? If he returned it, and made a show of it, he'd bring in way more than that. By the way, John Mica (R), my own Congressman, was also on the damn list. He's in for an earful.
I don't fault GM for giving the money. Their competitors do the same thing, so why not? The real problem is that they can actually get something for the grease. Every government program gives someone an advantage. How do sensible people react? They bribe...I mean lobby. The winners lobby to keep the advantage; the losers to remove it. Laws (ultra-stupid McCain-Feingold, e.g.) have done nothing to curb it. There is only one way to minimize corruption in the government, and that is to eliminate as much of it as possible.
We are in a rare moment in our history. The country has seen our potentially fatal diagnosis and is telling Washington we'll take the cure, no matter the pain. Eric Cantor and the other short-sighted Republicans need to walk the walk, or face a Tea Party heave-ho. I've already sent Cantor and Mica my emails. Fire one off yourself. Doesn't have to be windy - like some blogs I've seen - but it needs to let them know you want them to GIVE IT BACK!!!
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