How is it possibly legal for a government employee, ie the "Whistleblower", to be paid hundreds of thousands of dollars through gofundme for something related to his job? Isn't that called bribery?
why is it so bad that Trump is requesting it now"?
How is it possibly legal for a government employee, ie the "Whistleblower", to be paid hundreds of thousands of dollars through gofundme for something related to his job? Isn't that called bribery?
No more stupid than PhonySnark stating that HC won by millions more votes than Trump. As you can see----Trump won the popular vote over the totality of 49 states. This is why there is an Electoral College-----to prevent one or a couple of states from pushing their will on the rest of the country.

It seems like Trump is isolated now. I also wonder if Barr is mainly about protecting the swamp rather than actually shining light on them. There needs to be a citizen’s commission made up of people selected through the same process that a jury would be selected in order to investigate and prosecute politicians. This citizen’s commission should have the full authority to remove a convicted politician from office based on a preponderance of evidence. If the the evidence is particularly compelling, their findings could be referred for criminal prosecution.
Our Government, including the justice system, media, and certain executives have acted beyond the law and certainly against the interests of the American people. Our system is broken and reforms are critical for a properly functioning government. It is a now a conflict of interest to have politicians such as those in Congress decide who to prosecute or not. Politicians should not have the ability to initiate sham investigations, propose weak charges, or perform trials at this point. What ever happened to the idea of a grand jury? A grand jury made up of a group of citizens from diverse backgrounds, that is?
There also needs to be age and financial limits placed on politicians. Look at the prominent entrenched or running politicians: Trump, Pelosi, Schumer, O’Connell, Biden, Sanders, and Clinton. They are all old as fook and rich as fook. Most of them are career politicians. Most are a product of the system. They are the swamp.
Net worth under $1,000,000, age under 50, and a term limit of one or two terms for all politicians and perhaps even judges will likely go a long way to create a Government that is responsive to the people.
I wonder how many ETers would be willing to sign a petition calling for a citizen’s commission as outlined above.
don't be ridiculous
...it would be more efficient to for the people who want a responsive government to get involved in a more direct way and remove those from power and influence who are destroying our system and culture.
If Hillary enters the mix, expect her to hijack Bernie and Warren's "free college for all" and "student loan forgiveness." It doesn't matter that it'll never happen, she knows that already. Its just this time around she's not gonna have those people stay home, so whatever it takes... she'll say.Too bad the Democrats don’t have a single sound economic policy idea.