This ends up being logorrhea... Freedom Caucus is 54 members out of the 435 total and all they want is more popwer no some benevelent fight against corruption.. And they demanded that conservatives gain seats on key congressional committees. Committee chairs have the power to steer which bills are passed and sent to the House floor, but House leaders have rarely put members of the House Freedom Caucus in charge of committees, limiting the group’s influence. “Conservatives are dramatically underrepresented on the so-called ‘A’ committees (e.g. Appropriations, Energy & Commerce, Ways & Means, etc.),” the letter to McCarthy read. “Of the 20 ‘standing’ committees in the House, only one is led by a [House Freedom Caucus] member.” Power corrupts so that kind of goes against your point.
Indeed, "Corporations considered as having the same rights as people" does create a mess. Those who proposed and supported that idea should be called out and hopefully voted out. "What about the rights of AI"? Grin. At issue is the creation of "Dual agency", a relationship that is considered illegal or is severely restricted in many states. Dual agency is where the previously posted five duties a agent owes to a principal becomes owed to two principals who are in an competative or adversarial relationship with one another. How can an agent be loyal to both principals, for example? How can an agent effectively represent both principals when their objectives are conflicting? An exception would involve the informed consent of the original principal for a specific transaction under specific conditions that are likely favorable in some way to the original principal. Now let's consider the rights of multiple corporations. Often, large corporations with their large lobbying budgets can gain a competitive advantage over smaller corporations (Much less other business types) through favorable legislation. An example would be regulations that permit or require an insurance company to demand extensive, specific documentation to be provided for a healthcare professional for payment. If the healthcare provider is a large corporation, the burden of providing such documentation is relatively smaller due to economies of scale, while the costs for private healthcare practice often become overwhelming. I've been told many doctors are leaving private practice because compliance with patient insurance requirements takes up 30% or so of their time. While compliance can be outsourced, the private practice has to pay for it, requiring a substantial price increase, thereby decreasing competitiveness. Further, insurance companies often only pay for certain types of medical procedures or certain medical procedures to be performed in a certain way, sometimes in conflict to what the medical professional feels is in the best interest of the patient. Given these conditions, many are leaving private practice and the attractiveness of healthcare as a profession is reduced, likely reducing future supply of doctors and healthcare innovation to the ultimate detriment of patients. The above is only one of many examples of why political system reforms are necessary. Why our representatives must always respect their duties to voters. I am not saying that businesses should not have any input into our political process, but any such input must be always be looked through the lens of what is in the best interest of constituents.
That is a long writing for your hypocrisy. Corporation doesn't have political awareness. Business is run by people, it is an organization for tax purpose, nothing more. Get rid of lobbying write-off, back to individual donations and government matching, that will put the representatives where they come from.
My campaign finance reform proposal: -Every registered voter gets $50-$100 to use per cycle (use it or lose it) -They can only use that money for campaigns within their jurisdiction (You can't donate to a candidate running in District 2 if you're in District 1) -No other outside money allowed (corporate, Super PACS, unions, etc)
Great point. Indeed, those who ask for power or concessions, especially when they attempt to use some form of leverage should be questioned, like Democrats have used their votes as leverage in the past on emergency Government funding legislation when Republicans last controlled the House, for another example. Let's explore the context in which these requests were made. Nancy Pelosi appointed 3 freshmen, including AOC and Rashida Talib to the House Oversight and Reform Committee, outraging Republicans. Further, Nancy Pelosi created some controversy regarding appointments to the Armed Services Committee with her statements related to the January 6th protests in DC as a reason for excluding certain well qualified candidates. It is understandable that members of the Freedom Commitee feel they "Deserve justice". However, a softer approach may be optimal.
McCartrhy whored enough of himself out to turn some votes so I think 12 times is the charm and he gets voted in as Speaker, or 13th if he whores out the last holdouts
Voting is not mandatory, I for one don't vote unless it is presidential year. I will be pissed if you got 50 bucks from gov't and I don't.
Perhaps some of them are going out to attack the Capitol. Happy Jan 6th or Whitey Day if you observe.