Menendez donor Melgen courted President Obama, Harry Reid. Since there about as many selfless politicians as there are snakes with hiking boots, it’s likely there will always be influence peddling. The solution would seem to be to give them less influence to peddle, but we’ve been going the opposite way.
Author: Bonfire of the Absurdities
After 35 year career writing software for IBM mainframes, am now self-employed contractor thinking of joining a union and striking for higher wages. Cured morbid fear of heights when I learned to look at them as lengths standing on end. Uncompromising in refusal to accept browser cookies. Amateur investor who has accumulated a small fortune in the market after starting out years ago with a large one. For recreation, I run, hike, kayak and play tennis but will not consider synchronized swimming under any circumstances.
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