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RE: Crooked Politicians
February 20, 2020 at 11:40 am
(February 1, 2020 at 12:56 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: How do you tell if a US President is crooked?
Follow the money.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_..._net_worth
Then you have to ask yourself two things- how much money they have before entering politics - and how much are they worth now?
The crooked ones are the ones that made the most money by virtue of holding public office.
Agreed?
Your link doesn't tell us which ones increased their wealth dramatically while in office. It's not crooked to use gravitas you earned in office to make money writing books or lecturing or any number of other, perfectly legal activities once you're out of office. There's no rule that says you can't play the cards you've been dealt as long as you don't cheat. It's crooked to gain your money from corruption, in or out of office, and a significant increase in wealth while in office might be a red flag if unaccounted for. Is there a particular president you're accusing?
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RE: Crooked Politicians
February 20, 2020 at 1:34 pm
Nobody else in the world pays such extortionate costs for meds. Yet somehow Americans simply roll over and pay up.
I can't feature that.
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RE: Crooked Politicians
February 20, 2020 at 2:27 pm
(February 20, 2020 at 1:34 pm)Abaddon_ire Wrote: Nobody else in the world pays such extortionate costs for meds. Yet somehow Americans simply roll over and pay up.
I can't feature that.
When I read what USians pay for medications, it shocks me. Here, virtually all prescription meds are subsidized to $5.00. Once a family has paid for twenty prescriptions in a year, they pay nothing for the remainder of that year. So - with very few exceptions - no family has to pay more than $100.00 per year for medication.
This appears to have had the effect of not devastating the New Zealand healthcare system.
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RE: Crooked Politicians
February 20, 2020 at 2:47 pm
(This post was last modified: February 20, 2020 at 2:47 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
We're generally distrustful of our government. So used to getting shit on that when they say we could have nice things.....we instinctively search for the grift. When they say we can't have nice things...we're inclined to believe them on account of pure incompetence alone.
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