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Originally Posted by Montauk17
It is hard to grasp our government is capable of something so dark.....whether it is true or not I would not put it past them. Like said before obama is a american hating SOB and will do everthing in his power to bankrupt and turn the american people against each other. What most people fail to realize is it is not just obama,he is not that powerful. He is nothing more than a puppet. I strongly believe that untill we start from scratch we will continue down this downward slope.
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Lots of truth in that paragraph. Once you achieve office in Congress, you are paid for life. Think about that. Why would anyone want to be re-elected, you are gonna get paid regardless, why not just serve one term? Its the power and the privileges you have access to, you are untouchable in a sense. Now, I am sure there are some really good people in Congress that truly want to help, but I think that once some get in they realize they really can not make much of a difference and just go with the flow. Most of them come out as multi-millionaires as well, because the same legislation they are trying to instill will benefit them in the long run financially.
Here is a rant: I spent a few days on Maurepas WMA a few weeks back and if you have never seen the Amite Diversion Canal in the middle of the swamp it is crazy the hundreds of multi-million dollar homes on what is basically drege spoil from a swamp! It looks like Miami. Well, before the canal was dredged, the 'land' was worth very little. Once the diversion was in place, the land turned into high ground and went for a premium. There are politicians who came out filthy rich over this diversion project. This is the same way with many of the planned diversions in Louisiana. The people who find out about them will buy the property for next to nothing and make a killing. Sen Thompson did this very thing with Poverty Point Reservoir in N La. He proposed a reservoir to be built and he and his brother bought all the property. The farmland that was turning a couple hundred an acre is now waterfront property that will go for a hundred per linear foot, and he owns most of it! I got more but I gotta stop before my blood pressure rises