From Wall Street Journal, July 30, 2015 on page A4, Titled ”Trump Says Past Politics Where Transactional”
“As a businessman and a very substantial donor to very important people, when you give, they do whatever the hell you want them to do” Mr. Trump said. “As a businessman, I need that.
As reported by POLITICO, (”
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“Freedom Partners’ annual summer conference is set for August 1 through August 3, and is expected to draw 450 of the biggest financiers of the right for sessions about the fiscally conservative policies and politics that animate the billionaire industrialist brothers Charles and David Koch and many of the donors in their network. Most have the capability to write seven- or even eight-figure checks to the super PACs fueling the GOP presidential primary, and a significant proportion have yet to settle on a 2016 choice, or are considering supporting multiple candidates. That includes Charles and David Koch, as well as Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and hedge fund billionaires Paul Singer, both of whom will be represented at the conference by advisers, and a number of other attendees of past conferences whose 2016 leanings are being closely watched.
Bush, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina will participate in question-and-answer sessions during the gathering of about 450 contributors who have pledged to spend nearly $900 million ahead of the 2016 election”
The realism of Trump’s statement along with the $900 million expected from the donors is a very sad statement on the existing American political system.
Until a group of progressive constitutional lawyers get together and draft a realistic constitutional amendment and the people support the amendment even with the expect large amounts of money to be anti the amendment, you have your government elected officials following the money and “they do whatever the hell you want them to do.”