"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
To Solve the Problem of Money in Politics, Just Get Rid of the Politics — and the Money
"The only solution is to get rid of the power. Political power is, in fact, the source of the wealth concentrations that fund the industry lobbyists and the campaign contributions. The wealth of big business and the plutocracy is funneled to them by subsidies, protections, oligopoly markups on state-cartelized markets, scarcity rents from artificial property rights, etc., none of which would exist without the state."
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"Money flows toward power like water flows downhill." I think Kevin has it backwards. Political power gravitates to to those who have wealth. "Give me control of a nation's money and I care not who makes the laws." - Mayer Amschel Rothschild. The role money plays in civilised society is so fundamental that if you change the way it works, society and the economy will change to accommodate it. [url]http://p2pfoundation.net/Brakteaten_Money[/url]