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Originally Posted by aceventura3
The point of the OP was that it is both parties.
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Which is like saying that I am the same as Jack the Ripper because I jay walk. There are levels of corruption that should be carefully examined so that an apt comparison can be made. For example: Feinstein really didn't have the power to do what she's bee accused of by a second rate media source. None of the accusations have backing. While some of the decisions by the subcommittee did benefit her family, there's no evidence to suggest that she was fully responsible for the decisions (frankly, she didn't have the power at the time). For Cheney, we're looking at a very different picture. Evidence exists to suggest that Cheney's own stock options for Haliburton rose 3281% in one year. Cheney was directly responsible, as well as Bush, for the war in Iraq. His is a classic story of the revolving door between corrupt politicians and the military industrial complex. Haliburton has been accused, with evidence, of cost overruns, tax avoidance, and cooking the books, and yet still is able to get huge bids in the wars that it's former CEO is responsible for. Compare those. Cheney is Jack the Ripper and Feinstein is the jay walker. That's blatantly clear.
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Originally Posted by aceventura3
I don't think we need more legislation to police ethics, we need term limits in my opinion. Conflicts of interest will always be a problem, but it is worse with long-term career politicians.
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I'm against that because term limits with the president lead to decisions that only have considered effects for 4 years. Can you imagine a president that makes decisions that consider effects 10, 20, 100 years down the line? We call those Democrats.