I am often struck by surprise, when I realize how fast the United States flipped from A to B on corruption: I propose that the active corruption of government was led by the US judges. A recent example is Citizens Unied - its contribution to corruption of government may take a decade or longer to be fully materialized.
A. The not-so-distant-past
Examples are of presidents from both parties. Regardless of their political tendencies, most Americans don't doubt the personal integrity and the mental capacity of these two:
- 1961 Vintage - President Eisenhower gave a Farewell Address from the White House, warning the People against the "Military-Industrial Complex".
- 1961 Vintage - A World Of Fear And Secret Wars - President Kennedy "Secret Society" Speech.
- 1982 Vintate - Former President Jimmy Carter was quoted in a report today, referring to the U.S. electoral process, "shot through with financial corruption that threatens American democracy." He was still in the White house in 1982, and is still alive today. Carter also blasted the US Supreme Court for the Citizen's United decision, naming "endorsement for corruption". Legal expets in the past described it as 'open invitation for corruption'.
- 2012 Vintage - presidential election, where voting amounts to willing participation in self-deception.
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[1] Jimmy Carter: Citizens United Ruling, 'Financial Corruption' Are Threatening Democracy
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