It looks like the “Buggy Whip” lobby has taken over this
country. Just as the buggy whip
manufacturers put all their effort against the auto industry, the status quo
lobbies have won. Leaving the Paris
accords works for coal and petroleum companies.
Funding the health insurance companies keeps them profitable while they
cry to Congress. It’s been said that if we had today’s healthcare in the 1950’s
we’d have designer iron lungs as a major industry. We have to stop overlooking the lies that our
lobbyists tell, while ranting against the lies the other guys lobbyists are
telling. Hypocrisy seems to be a virtue
in that we all seem to support our politicians that continue to lie and change
positions. It’s ok for me in Minnesota
to influence an election in Montana, but not ok for the Russians to influence
elections in the US. I fail to see the
difference. Each action takes power away
from the voters and gives it to the lobbyists. Until we get campaign finance
reform, I’m afraid we are going to forestall the future and maybe go to a past
of robber barons, rip offs, and pollution. The corruption of power is in how it
spends more time keeping power then using it for the public good.
