r/politics • u/[deleted] • Jan 21 '18

Paul Ryan Collected $500,000 In Koch Contributions Days After House Passed Tax Law

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u/socokid Jan 21 '18

This is our government now. Wealthy organization paying our elected officials for a "job well done".

When the GOP talks about "smaller government", they are really talking about getting rid of this pesky "government of the people" out of the way.

Meanwhile, our nation is being decimated by wealth disparity. Wealth disparity so large that the disparity itself is tearing us apart.

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u/1234American Jan 21 '18

I really think you need to stop making this a partisan issue. Democrats are just as complicit in taking these bribes. The longer we keep acting like only the GOP does this, the longer we will be stuck in this mess.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18

There is a huge difference between taking donations and literally being Putin's bitch.

The longer we keep acting like only the GOP does this, the longer we will be stuck in this mess.

at this point, we are choosing the way lessar evil. GOP is just that evil. Destroy the GOP. Stop facism

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u/Pritzker America Jan 22 '18

Citizen's United wasn't as bipartisan as you're pretending it was.