To the Editor: Money speaks too loudly in national politics

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There is a rush to Las Vegas for the approval of Sheldon Adelson, the world’s richest person because he
is so interested in courting a Republican candidate to back the 2016 presidential race. Four men rushed
to Las Vegas to see whether they could arrange a quickie marriage. The four were our own Gov. Kasich,
Scott Walker the governor of Wisconsin, Christie the New Jersey governor, and let’s not forget good ole
Jeb Bush, who has the experience on how to get money.
Oh, there will be more clowns from the party going to Sin City to ask for money. We call it pay-to-play.
Let’s not forget David and Charles Koch that are pouring tens of millions of dollars into the 2014
midterms in their effort to swing the election.
What makes this so sad is the ugly truth when it is quite obvious just how much the wealthy corporate
interests get in return. How they avoid paying billions of dollars in taxes, while the working class
have to pay their taxes. Caterpillar, using a tax loophole, shifted profits from the United States to
its affiliate in Switzerland, where it negotiated a special tax rate, and they cut their U.S. taxes by
$2.4 billion.
We tried to reform the tax code. We made that attempt this year by House Ways and Means Committee, but
the chairman Dave Camp (R) lacked support from corporate interests, and was dismissed by Speaker of the
House John Boehner. Defeated, Camp this week announced his retirement from Congress.
Again folks, corruption at its worst. Thanks to Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, they are buying
the U.S. political system in much the same way Russian oligarchs have acquired theirs.
Hey Mitt Romney, remember Sheldon Adelson in the election of 2012, his problems with the law on his
gambling casino where you were a guest of his. So who is making decisions for us? Adelson from Sin City?
We all know that the Koch brothers are for congress. Guess what? All their money they put in the
presidential election of 2012 went right down the sewer where it belongs with the rest of the clowns
that are coming forward to run for the Republican party. Big money doesn’t always buy the votes from us
who have worked hard for our money and will continue to vote for a working congress.
Joann Schiavone
Walbridge

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