Former president Jimmy Carter said Tuesday on the nationally syndicated radio show the Thom Hartmann Program that the United States is now an “oligarchy” in which “unlimited political bribery” has created “a complete subversion of our political system as a payoff to major contributors.” Both Democrats and Republicans, Carter said, “look upon this unlimited money as a great benefit to themselves.”
Carter was responding to a question from Hartmann about recent Supreme Court decisions on campaign financing like Citizens United.
Transcript:
HARTMANN: Our Supreme Court has now said, “unlimited money in politics.” It seems like a violation of principles of democracy. … Your thoughts on that?
CARTER: It violates the essence of what made America a great country in its political system. Now it’s just an oligarchy, with unlimited political bribery being the essence of getting the nominations for president or to elect the president. And the same thing applies to governors and U.S. senators and congress members. So now we’ve just seen a complete subversion of our political system as a payoff to major contributors, who want and expect and sometimes get favors for themselves after the election’s over. … The incumbents, Democrats and Republicans, look upon this unlimited money as a great benefit to themselves. Somebody’s who’s already in Congress has a lot more to sell to an avid contributor than somebody who’s just a challenger.
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Jimmy Carter "The U.S. Is An Oligarchy"
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It's not an oligarchy it is Fashizm, The US has been infiltrated and and destroyed from the inside out, God bless You Jawn and good luck. Wheelbarrows of paper money will only be worth the heat they put out well burning....I got A couple Zimbabwe 1000.000.000.00 bills for sale if anyone is interested?
Re: Jimmy Carter "The U.S. Is An Oligarchy"
You want to be shocked Gunner? Look up Global Currency Reset, they are going to seize all bank accounts, all stocks and bonds and all safe deposit boxes to pay off the national debt. After that all money will probably be electronic money. Did you know the FDIC is a sham and they have no money whatsoever to insure your money? And that all deposits into a bank are considered unsecured loans and they can default on it anytime and keep your money?
Re: Jimmy Carter "The U.S. Is An Oligarchy"
Buckwheat.........That Bill Cosby picture is hilarious 
Re: Jimmy Carter "The U.S. Is An Oligarchy"
That my friends is why you buy precious metals and learn skill sets that you can barter with. Cause shit's hittin the fan in one way or another and paper money ain't gonna be worth anything to anyone. People will be using 100's to wipe their asses.
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Preaching Pope Francis’s Politics May Be the Key to Becoming President
To get elected in 1960, John F. Kennedy, a Catholic, was forced to tell the nation that he wouldn’t take orders from the pope. In 2016, no such separation will be needed. With a record number of Catholics seeking the presidency and the wildly popular Pope Francis visiting the nation this fall, many candidates—Catholic or not—are seeking ways to tie themselves to the mission and vision of this Argentinian pontiff.
The times have changed. With a Catholic vice president, six Catholic Supreme Court justices, a Catholic Speaker of the House, and a large number of Catholics in Congress, the golden age of Catholicism in American politics has arrived. This would have been unimaginable just a few decades ago.
If polling data released Thursday showing support for Pope Francis’s messages is any indication, following the way of Francis isn’t just a ticket to heaven but maybe to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, too.
http://time.com/3970300/presidential-el ... -politics/
To get elected in 1960, John F. Kennedy, a Catholic, was forced to tell the nation that he wouldn’t take orders from the pope. In 2016, no such separation will be needed. With a record number of Catholics seeking the presidency and the wildly popular Pope Francis visiting the nation this fall, many candidates—Catholic or not—are seeking ways to tie themselves to the mission and vision of this Argentinian pontiff.
The times have changed. With a Catholic vice president, six Catholic Supreme Court justices, a Catholic Speaker of the House, and a large number of Catholics in Congress, the golden age of Catholicism in American politics has arrived. This would have been unimaginable just a few decades ago.
If polling data released Thursday showing support for Pope Francis’s messages is any indication, following the way of Francis isn’t just a ticket to heaven but maybe to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, too.
http://time.com/3970300/presidential-el ... -politics/
