True or False: No legislation passes in this country without the permission of the rich?

[LostInAnomie]

[DrDan]

1. of course - and for every piece of legislation passed,

there is someone who sees how to capitalize on it and make some money.

[ShortnFiery]

2. Oh yeah, a new poll has 57% of Americans AGAINST the continued occupation of Afghanistan.

Yet, we're ramping it up.

Wall Street and The Pentagon run this nation. :(

[Boojatta]

8. What percentage of rich Americans are against continuing to have US troops fighting in Afghanistan?

[ShortnFiery]

16. Not many. Their sons and daughters don't go in as enlisted soldiers or the poor bloody infantry.

We NOW have a draft. It's called THE POVERTY DRAFT.

[kenny blankenship]

3. That's why God made the Senate and filled it with millionaires.

[SammyWinstonJack]

6. +1

:spray:

[Boojatta]

4. According to the book Freakonomics, the amount of money spent on political campaigns

in America is about the same as the amount spent on chewing gum in America.

Perhaps you should ask whether or not a brand of chewing gum can be successful if rich people don't buy it.

[FiveGoodMen]

7. You think that's a meaningful comparison?

[Boojatta]

9. Which comparison?

I should probably revise my question to this: if rich people stop chewing gum altogether, then will the chewing gum industry suffer a drastic decline in revenues?

[FiveGoodMen]

10. The notion that rich people's chewing gum habits and their control of America's politics

are in any way related is beyond silly.

[Boojatta]

13. Does the veto power that rich people allegedly have over legislation...

have anything to do with money that they spend or donate?

[baldguy]

12. It's not the amount of money, but how it's spent. And on whom.

Politicians don't compete for votes to get elected, they compete for dollars.

[Boojatta]

14. Politicians compete for votes and dollars.

It's the amount of money and how the money is spent.

[redqueen]

5. Well DUH!

Seriously... does anybody here know how to play this game?

[DailyGrind51]

11. Social Security, Affirmative Action, the 40-hour work week, OSHA

[Stinky The Clown]

15. For this poll, "rich" must be defined

Rich is not some schmucky millionaire.

Rich is super-mega-ultra-fabulously rich.

Rich is multibillionaire rich.

For this poll, Trump ain't rich.

For this poll, you can't even *name* the rich.

"Bilderberg" rich; that's how rich.