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RKP5637

(67,111 posts) Fri Apr 26, 2013, 11:22 AM Apr 2013

DU POLL: Only money matters in the NEW US? [View all]

Simple question. IMO only money matters in the US today. I don't like it that way and it's absolutely wrong. ... but what I see in politics today is only a focus on who got the most money in contributions. To me, it's a sad state of affairs.

Hence my question.

Only money matters in the NEW US?

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DU POLL: Only money matters in the NEW US? [View all] RKP5637 Apr 2013 OP

Two issues that really need attention madokie Apr 2013 #1

Exactly, madokie! What you said is the common thread and the bottom-line as to what is at the RKP5637 Apr 2013 #17

And there's only ONE issue that needs attention more than that RoccoR5955 Apr 2013 #30

Gotta get the two I mention under control before we get this though madokie Apr 2013 #31

Oh, so to you Planet Earth is number two? RoccoR5955 Apr 2013 #33

We don't make laws madokie Apr 2013 #37

No, I am not being obtuse. RoccoR5955 Apr 2013 #43

The problem is that "Money" gets in the way of saving the environment. haele Apr 2013 #39

it isn't new hfojvt Apr 2013 #2

and it is much older than that hfojvt Apr 2013 #6

Very much disagree. TimberValley Apr 2013 #3

Just asking, how do you control the direction of the US given the way things are RKP5637 Apr 2013 #7

Votes. Persuasiveness. Make compelling arguments that are valid and true. nt. TimberValley Apr 2013 #8

Absolutely true. Everything else matters only to the extent that it affects accumulated wealth. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2013 #4

As in the old US (and elsewhere) frazzled Apr 2013 #5

A lot of things have changed IMO since you and I were young. We have Citizens United, a RKP5637 Apr 2013 #11

You must not remember the political process at the 1968 Democratic Convention frazzled Apr 2013 #24

Thanks! n/t RKP5637 Apr 2013 #28

I'm tired of the idea that everything will suddenly become fine if money is gone from politics. TimberValley Apr 2013 #9

It is a theKed Apr 2013 #21

It's not that money is so bad, it's the character of those who put it above humanity flamingdem Apr 2013 #10

Yep!!! Well said! RKP5637 Apr 2013 #13

You probably read Krugman's article on austerity flamingdem Apr 2013 #27

Thanks!!! n/t RKP5637 Apr 2013 #29

Money's an easy metric to assign value in anything. That skews the balance that should be sought. haele Apr 2013 #40

And the result is a quantized species, void of personality ... simply pawns in a game. n/t RKP5637 Apr 2013 #42

Today? Absolutely. Marr Apr 2013 #12

Exactly, and why Occupy was suppressed so quickly. n/t RKP5637 Apr 2013 #15

Yep. You could really sense a sort of panic in the establishment response. Marr Apr 2013 #19

Meanwhile, the noose, so to say, is tightening and tightening against any show of unrest and RKP5637 Apr 2013 #25

Money is not the only currency sarisataka Apr 2013 #14

Lots of other things matter here other than money. rrneck Apr 2013 #16

How will it be taken back? That, is always what puzzles me. You make an excellent point, "we have RKP5637 Apr 2013 #20

Taxes. nt rrneck Apr 2013 #23

YES, that would be highly effective!!! nj/t RKP5637 Apr 2013 #26

We don't have a problem with "money in politics" Alva Goldbook Apr 2013 #18

Exactly! And, we have a revolving door between Congress, lobbyists and corporations. They all RKP5637 Apr 2013 #22

What do you mean by new? BainsBane Apr 2013 #32

Yeah, today it's more blatant and in our faces, with IMO the message being, so what are RKP5637 Apr 2013 #34

Good question BainsBane Apr 2013 #35

That, would be an excellent start. Also, Americans need to wake up to the game being played to RKP5637 Apr 2013 #36

IMO it is not so much that treestar Apr 2013 #38

Exactly, and they will get what is dished out to them ... and then say WTF, and then it's RKP5637 Apr 2013 #41