Sunday, April 22, 2018

ANTICORRUPTION FOLLOW UP

Joe Bakewell.

ANTICORRUPTION FOLLOW UP

A/ Some folks have had difficulty accessing the videos at www.anticorruptionact.org. Very likely, this is due to using a smart phone. Try it again using your computer.

B/ Others, having watched the videos, reacted with varying degrees of despair. Admittedly, the problem is very serious and entrenched with no fix in sight. But there is another side that may, with messy inefficiency, bring back our democracy.

I first became aware of the issue about eight years ago when I read So Damn Much Money by Robert Kaiser, an editor at the Washington Post. Kaiser details how lobbying became a major factor in DC and bribery entered the picture. As I remember, Jack Abramoff (one of the videos) is featured in the book. Later, I read Republic lost by Lawrence Lessig who did a superb job of defining the problem and its consequences. I understood the problem, but not all of its insidious side effects at that time.

I started writing about it (‘a voice crying in the wilderness’).

A number of groups have sprung up aimed at eliminating the curse of special interest bribery from our government. I have joined and contributed to almost all of them. Unfortunately, they’re all founded and run by activists who, apparently, have little, or no, management experience and do not understand the poison of multiple objectives. Nevertheless, collectively, they are achieving a growing number of ‘aware’ voters. Eventually, with your help, these folks might be induced into voting with a single purpose—against special interest corruption.

At some tipping point (fewer than you think) some patriotic candidates will come forward.

Please note: Voting for ‘the lesser of two evils’ will continue supporting corruption.

For extra credit: Look up Jack Abramoff on Wikipedia. He’s a man who seems to have achieved a true reinvention of himself.

Joe Bakewell. 



[Six months ago Joe Bakewell told hundreds of friends and relatives that he intended to stop writing essays. He is still writing essays. Apparently it is a driving force in his genetic makeup. We had trouble with Joe Bakewell’s suggested link www.anticorruptionact.org. using a computer and various web browsers. Try a Google search for ‘anticorruption act videos’ on You Tube. We included two samples with this post. This link also may be helpful: https://represent.us/ Last but not least, we extend a warm welcome to CC blog reader Judah Currie, and a sincere ‘thank you’ to all readers who follow this blog—CC editor.]
 


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