Hey, ain't that why we play the game?
- Virgina Governor Terry McAuliffe
Posted on 10/15/2014 1:18:55 PM PDT by Kaslin
Edited on 10/15/2014 1:22:46 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
I feel like I have to say this every time a story like this comes out of California, and stories like these come out of California all the time.
California
(Excerpt) Read more at finance.townhall.com ...
Nice place to live about 40 years ago. Now? Not so much.
I have never had any desire even to visit the state
I’m amazed at how big the return can be on corruption.
Unless you are a bundler (Corzine did very well to stay out of jail), your contributions are limited by law, and how many 32k a plate dinners can you attend?
Yet, we hear of contracts running to the hundreds of millions of dollars running to crony companies like Solyndra or the ACA website developers. The whole is largely wasted; maybe 10%—still a huge number—is siphoned off by the cronies. I would have thought the return would be lower, but time after time, I see huge payoffs.
Even with this twerp Dach, the guy who procured the Caracas prostitutes for the Secret Service, the protection (lying, suppressing an IG investigation) was extended to him as the son of a contributor who I heard donated only $23,900.
Are these “honest” politicians, who largely stay bought?
One would like to think Americans would get sick of reading about it on a daily basis.
It's a shame. Would like to see how little it would take to run the nation without all the theft and waste.
Probably about 10% or so. What a shame how the corruption just flows like a river.
Would it be all the effort was directed to the good, what a difference it would make.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.