Do You Suspect the System Is R****d? Here’s Proof:by Jim Hightower
Jul 26, 2023 02:40:57 #
Years ago, a Texas lawmaker got caught using his official position to enrich himself by taking money from special interests, in exchange for v****g their way. The culprit did not deem this as corrupt, but just the normal ethic of an enterprising business t***saction: “I seen my chances,” he explained, “and I took ‘em.”
This is the Clarence Thomas code-of-ethics. As has been widely reported, this Supreme Court judge (who reliably rules for corporate supremacy over the people’s interests) has secretly been on the take for years from a billionaire corporate right-winger. Real estate tycoon Harlan Crow, an extremist activist for plutocratic government, has been lavishing millions of dollars’ worth of luxury vacations, private jet travel, family housing and educational payments, and other gratuities on Thomas.
Yet, this supposedly-supreme lawyer says he detected no whiff of bribery, nor did he see any need to inform us commoners of it. He simply seen his chances and took ’em.
But Thomas knew damn well that it was improper, corrupting, and d********g. After all, during the last three decades, he has consistently v**ed for court rulings to make such obvious graft legal. For example, he has v**ed again and again to drain common sense from our anti-corruption laws, declaring that it is legal for a corporation to keep a public official on private retainer, that it’s okay for political officials to sell access to their offices, that the “appearance of corruption” is not corrupt – and, directly relevant to Harlan Crow, Thomas v**ed that it is technically not bribery to try influencing public officials by bestowing a series of gifts to them over time.
If it seems to you like the system is r****d to favor the powerful, there you have it. Thomas is both the rigger and the beneficiary of the system.
This is the Clarence Thomas code-of-ethics. As has been widely reported, this Supreme Court judge (who reliably rules for corporate supremacy over the people’s interests) has secretly been on the take for years from a billionaire corporate right-winger. Real estate tycoon Harlan Crow, an extremist activist for plutocratic government, has been lavishing millions of dollars’ worth of luxury vacations, private jet travel, family housing and educational payments, and other gratuities on Thomas.
Yet, this supposedly-supreme lawyer says he detected no whiff of bribery, nor did he see any need to inform us commoners of it. He simply seen his chances and took ’em.
But Thomas knew damn well that it was improper, corrupting, and d********g. After all, during the last three decades, he has consistently v**ed for court rulings to make such obvious graft legal. For example, he has v**ed again and again to drain common sense from our anti-corruption laws, declaring that it is legal for a corporation to keep a public official on private retainer, that it’s okay for political officials to sell access to their offices, that the “appearance of corruption” is not corrupt – and, directly relevant to Harlan Crow, Thomas v**ed that it is technically not bribery to try influencing public officials by bestowing a series of gifts to them over time.
If it seems to you like the system is r****d to favor the powerful, there you have it. Thomas is both the rigger and the beneficiary of the system.
Jul 26, 2023 08:02:42 #
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