smittyoneeach's Journal: If the GOP focused on reform, its butt wouldn't look so big

This whole #StafferGate scandal is both bizarre and exemplary in why the GOP is known as "the stupid party":
http://leestranahan.com/staffergate-steve-stockman-donny-ferguson-the-montana-connection/

I've been having this conversation lately

[Marxist Hacker 42]

I've long said that the only real difference between a libertarian and a crony capitalist is a bank account large enough to buy politicians. With the combination of Staffergate and Pope Francis's Apostolic Exhortation, I'm beginning to think that we live under rule of corruption, not rule of law. It's hard to tell the difference between the two- since the very people writing the law are the ones taking the bribes.

This is why the magical overflowing glass of Argentinian's version of the trickle down theory

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[smittyoneeach]

I'm beginning to think that we live under rule of corruption

Mankind is sinful. The optimal thing to minimize the sin is to term limit everything. Absolute power corrupts absolutely; limited power just takes longer, to tweak Acton.

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[Marxist Hacker 42]

We don't just need term limits, we need influence limits. But that comes back to distributism- that given Original Sin, it is far better to have 1000 small governments than one big large one, 1000 small businesses than one big large one.

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[smittyoneeach]

Term limits involve something readily visible and difficult to fudge. Can't say the same of influence limits.

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[Marxist Hacker 42]

That's where borders on the kingdom come in handy.