The extent to which not just state legislatures but the Congress of the United States are now run by large corporate special interests is beyond mere recognition as fact. The takeover is complete.
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In reality, everybody in Congress is a stand-in for some kind of lobbyist. In many cases it's difficult to tell whether it's the companies that are lobbying the legislators or whether it's the other way around.
Wall Street, the banks, and corporate America, has been able to call the shots here. They control our members of Congress and they get what they want.
Believe it or not, there are members of Congress who actually want to govern and get stuff done. Unfortunately, there are others whose agendas and strategies serve to advance their own interests and expand their donor base.
Congress is so beholden to the money that any solution in the general interest will be frustrated and subverted by the corporate interests who feel they will be damaged by progress, fair play and justice.
The important thing to understand about legislators is that there are dozens of competing interests and issues that occupy them. They are stretched thin.
The Congress is a dysfunctional institution; it's broken. One of our three branches of government is broken.
Unlike the United States Congress, which mostly forbids outside employment, state legislatures are generally composed of people with other careers.
I don't look for much to come out of government ownership as long as we have Democrats and Republicans.
The Congress has now become a fairly evenly divided entity.
Congress seems to thrive on breaking promises and passing unfunded mandates down to local government. It's really just a matter of priorities.
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