I don't like the authors obesity. How can you preach the government should tighten it's belt when you continue to eat like a pig yourself.
There nothing he says that can be disproved, the information is all true. People on ET like receptacles, not opinions.
If government is corrupted its only because corporate corrupted them; thats the head of the snake. And if one politician won't be corrupted they'll find someone who will. Don't be distracted.
That article was idiotic. Yes, Dodd's corrupt. Yes, government in general is corrupt. But to extrapolate that into "the Democrats have controlled everything since 2006 and they're the most corrupt government ever" -- well, that's totally and completely ludicrous. And it also diverts attention away from the current corruption show starring, naturally, Goldman Sucks.