Category Archives: Corruption

Nobody is Listening

For a democratic system to function properly, the people in charge of the ruling parties need to listen to popular public opinion. It has been nearly a hundred years since this was the case and the American political system has degenerated to a point where Democrats and Republicans are more concerned with impeding each other […]

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Fairy Tale Politics

This election began as, potentially, the most intriguing competition in history. Two independents who can hold their own against the big dogs of politics, a world-renowned neurosurgeon, a former First Lady, a Canadian, and the promise of combative, in-your-face rhetoric that would serve as a primary source of entertainment for the rest of us for […]

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Underqualified and Underwhelming

The Commander-in-Chief is the leader of the free world, militarily, economically, and socially. The office of the American head of state is, arguably, the most important position in the entire world. Qualifications should matter. If a person applies for a job in engineering without an engineering degree, that person doesn’t become an engineer, the same […]

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Pseudemocracy

In a democratic system, the most important factor of any election is, of course, the voters. If the voters are misrepresented, or not represented at all, then the election is unfair and, thus, undemocratic. There have been numerous failings throughout the years and the questionable Iowa caucus results are merely the latest in a long […]

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Good for Wall Street, Bad for You

Bank and investor control of candidates is not unheard of, it isn’t even unexpected anymore. Corruption and finances are a natural, if not ethical, partnership, and unchecked business lobbyists are allowed to run rampant in congress with zero consequence. When organizations like Goldman-Sachs are allowed to pay candidates millions of dollars to speak, or make […]

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A Chorus of Lies

Vetting your news media outlets is a vital part of becoming properly informed about your presidential options. With a constant stream of irrelevant, partisan information, most outlets cannot be relied on to truly present viewers with objective fact. Each of the “Big Three” news stations are guilty of regularly espousing misinformation. Some more than others. […]

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Immoral Politics

This presidential race has been unique in many ways, mostly, though, it has been defined by vitriol, aggression, fear, and xenophobia. Throughout the various campaigns we have seen several instances of race-baiting, unfathomable religious bigotry, and even, arguably, serious criminal conduct. Candidates like Ted Cruz, Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump, along with their strong campaigns, […]

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Obama’s Anti-Democracy

When an administration chooses to violate the constitution it shows, not only a troubling abuse of power, but a complete disrespect for the democratic method. The constitution was written by the founding fathers to protect the rights and liberties of the citizens that they represented. Immediately after the resolution of the constitution, it was ratified […]

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The Taxman Cometh

More and more businesses seem to be leaving continental United States for the shores of countries with friendlier commercial tax rates. Both republicans and democrats are seeking a reform in American tax law but the nature of the house is partisan and, with constantly divisive politics, very few important changes have been made. Republicans are […]

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The Devils You Know

The political world is a jungle and politicians have historically been the lions that rule it. The last two decades, however, have seen the American government riddled with scandals, questionable ethics, and a mismanagement of both resources and trust. The lions have become pests and parasites. Hillary Clinton, Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are the […]

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America and her slow descent into fascism

Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines fascism as “a way of organizing a society in which a government ruled by a dictator controls the lives of the people and in which people are not allowed to disagree with the government” characterized by “…severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition”. For a country founded on the […]

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Obamacare: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

In 2003 a bill was drafted guaranteeing all American residents vision care, dental services, primary and emergency care as well as an extensive drug plan. This draft had majority support and clauses ensuring that privatized institutions (operating out of their own buildings) would be able to continue their business. Heck, it even included safeguards for […]

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Uninsured America

The above image comes from a New York Times article analyzing the number of people in each county in the United States who lack health insurance. Before the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) was rolled out in 2013, nearly the entire map was dark blue because nearly 20% of all Americans lacked any kind of health […]

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Wall Street vs Sanders

There is only one politician running for the nomination of either of the two main political parties who has any character at all. Independent Vermont senator Bernie Sanders, despite the fact that he is running as a “democratic socialist” in a country where “socialist” is a dirty word, is running for the Democratic nomination and […]

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Health Care Compromises

It is no secret that most people throughout our country are dissatisfied with the state of health care in America. Our health care system has been a mess for decades. We pay more for our health care system than any other country in the world, but Americans have worse health outcomes than nearly any other […]

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Trump is Costing Us

Once again, the news cycle is obsessing over Donald Trump. This time, the Republican made the mistake of responding to a question about his history of sexist treatment of women by aggressively attacking the female debate moderator with sexist comments. So, of course, that is all the media will talk about for the next week, […]

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Reinvest in America

Many of the current crop of presidential hopefuls have been talking about the economy. The Democrats like to talk about how their party saved the economy, the Republicans like to talk about how the Democrats have ruined the economy for the past six years, and all of them love to talk about how they are […]

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Turn Things Around

Earlier this month, the Obama government and the Labor Department were bragging about how they have lowered the unemployment rate from its record high levels at the beginning of Obama’s administration. The official unemployment rate at the peak of the Great Recession in October 2009 was 10%, and according to the government, it has now […]

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Where is the backbone?

The 2016 presidential election season is in full swing now, with Hillary Clinton riding high as if she’s already won the Democratic nomination despite her sinking numbers and the rising support for other Democrats like Bernie Sanders. Meanwhile, more than a dozen contenders have piled into the Republican clown car, many of them blatantly and […]

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Clinton Won’t Commit

Things have not been going well for Hillary Clinton’s campaign. New polls are showing that Americans do not have favorable opinions about Clinton, and her numbers seem to be dropping more and more with every passing week. In a development that must be particularly distressing for her campaign staffers, voters are overwhelmingly declaring that they […]

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We Don’t Want a Dynasty

The national conventions for the Democratic and Republican parties may still be more than a year away, but the news media would have us believe that the nominees have already been selected. Pundit after pundit and columnist after columnist have declared that the 2016 Presidential election will be a titanic battle between two of America’s […]

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Clinton cannot be trusted

Since she launched her presidential campaign a few weeks ago, Hillary Clinton has been trying to depict herself as a populist, fighting for the little guy. She has described herself as a “champion,” saying that she is going to fight for the rights of everyday Americans against the corporate interests of Wall Street. However, Hillary […]

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Don’t Vote Elite

Independent Vermont senator Bernie Sanders is seeking the Democratic nomination for the upcoming 2016 Presidential election. As a self-described socialist, Senator Sanders is fooling himself if he honestly believes he has a chance of winning the nomination in competition with the juggernaut of Hillary Clinton’s campaign machine, but he is extremely perceptive about the flaws […]

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Income Inequality

Income inequality has become an election issue for the 2016 presidential election, thanks to Democratic hopefuls like Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. While it is extremely difficult to believe that these mainstream politicians really take income inequality seriously, (Hillary Clinton, for example, is a multimillionaire who has already increased her personal wealth by tens of […]

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Media Corruption

According to the American Press Institute, the purpose of journalism is to “provide citizens with the information they need to make the best possible decisions about their lives, their communities, their societies, and their governments.” If a news organization were to take this goal seriously, it would obviously have a major impact on how they […]

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What is outsourcing?

It has been decades now that Americans have been worried about outsourcing. Starting in the 1960s, American corporations began closing factories and plants in the United States and moving them elsewhere, costing untold millions of Americans their jobs. As a result of this practice, the American middle class has been collapsing in on itself – […]

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Cutting Social Security

Last week, in a speech delivered on the campaign trail in New Hampshire, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie declared his intention to cut Social Security benefits across the board. He has received praise and accolades from wealthy conservatives who believe that Social Security is a waste of money and that this program, which millions of […]

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Populist or Crony?

This past Sunday, Hillary Clinton officially launched her presidential campaign with a video claiming that she wants to be America’s “champion.” She has spent the week since then in Iowa, where she has been talking to liberal and Democratic groups. She has been making headlines with her so-called “populist” positions and policy statements – this […]

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Clinton’s Email

There is currently only one name being spoken about as a frontrunner for the Democratic nomination for President in 2016. Hillary Clinton, former First Lady and wife of former President Bill Clinton has been the only serious contender for the Democratic nomination since campaigning started last year. The press has mentioned a few other Democrats […]

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Outsourced at Home

On April 1st, the government began accepting applications for a special kind of immigrant visa, the H-1B visa. Every year, the government issues 85,000 of these visas to highly skilled foreign workers. These visas are intended to help American companies fill highly technical positions that they have not been able to find qualified American workers […]

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Political Dynasties

There is a very good chance that the 2016 Presidential Election ballot will look identical to the 1992 Presidential ballot. While right now, more than a year from the election, it is too early to say for certain who the nominees of the two mainstream parties will be, it seems likely that voters on November […]

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Treason in Congress?

This week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel was reelected in a surprise landslide victory. Israeli pollsters were predicting his right wing Likud party would come in second place to the centrist Zionist Union party, and are crediting his surprise victory with a blitz of media appearances he made in the final days before the […]

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They Hate America

Last week, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani declared his belief that President Obama does not love America. At a private fundraising dinner for Republican presidential hopeful Scott Walker, Giuliani said, “I do not believe – and I know this is a horrible thing to say – but I do not believe that the president […]

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Obama’s ISIS Plan

While it has fallen out of the news cycle to some degree in recent months, the terrorist organization calling itself the Islamic State or ISIS has suddenly regained the media’s attention. With the incredibly barbaric and brutal murder of captured Jordanian fighter pilot, Lt. Moath al-Kasasbeh, and the reported death of American hostage Kayla Mueller, […]

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Obama’s Budget

This week, President Obama introduced his budget plan for the next ten years. In this budget, the president created a wish list of government policies that sound too good to be true. The unfortunate fact is that these policies are too good to be true. They are simply another deception in the false Demo-Republican rivalry, […]

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Un-American Activities

Following the financial crisis in 2008, the crisis that some called the second Great Depression, many pundits predicted that there would be new restrictions placed on the financial industry to prevent Wall Street from running our economy into the ground again. After all, with Congress’s repeal of the Glass-Steagal Act in 1999 under President Clinton, […]

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Dysfunctional Government

On November 20, 2014, President Obama issued an historic executive order intended to provide relief to thousands of families who are struggling with our broken immigration system. Many Republican critics are declaring that the president’s executive order is unconstitutional and that they are going to do everything they can to counter this action when the […]

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Good Cop/Bad Cop

As a two party system, our government naturally falls into an adversarial dynamic. With alternative, outside viewpoints being so rare, the Democrats and Republicans define themselves by their opposition to each other. The parties work together so rarely that the ability to pass legislation seems to depend almost entirely on one party having a majority […]

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War on the Middle Class

Earlier this year, the New York Times broke some news that was difficult for many of us to swallow. For the first time since we began tracking such things, the American middle class lost its status as the world’s wealthiest and most well off. Many measures of our economy, such as growth in Gross Domestic […]

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Enough Lawyers

Rearrange Priorities: We’ve had enough lawyers Despite all of their other differences, our elected representatives have one important thing in common. Right wing or left wing, Democrat or Republican, in the Senate, the House, or the White House, the majority of our representatives share the same profession: law. For many years, studying law has been […]

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