Legislative corruption and the death of good faith governance
The problem with earmarks was never just the money. It was the Congressional practice of bribing constituents and each other. Now, at last, we see the inevitable result. One of the most brazenly corrupt pieces of legislation in American history will soon be passed by a Congress so morally compromised that bribery now includes exempting themselves and favored states from their own laws, on a scale which defies belief. The cynicism which now infects us will ultimately be the hardest enemy to fight.
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