Richard Pryor, Moms Mabley and Redd Foxx all should have been politicians. Neither one of them told a better joke than federal election officials told when they passed legislation that is supposed to protect American consumers against beast bankers, credit card companies and other financial predators!
Out of ten so-called “protections” bank lobbyists found eight loopholes in the legislation before the bill went before Congressmen for final votes!
During the last federal election we heard a lot of campaign talk about how lobbyists would not be allowed to maintain their status quo.
Well, they’ve gotten better. Or, should I say worse!
If the people want strong representation in Washington, D.C. perhaps they should elect lobbyists because the elected public servants don’t vote for what is best, they vote for whatever their largest campaign contributors tell them to vote for.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not mad with lobbyists. I used to be one before the Blacks I helped get into the business went to my clients and told them lies like, “Lucius had a heart attack” or “Lucius hates white people” in order to steal my business.
I don’t blame lobbyists because lobbyists can’t vote on legislation. Lobbyists don’t turn their backs on the people that voted for them and lobbyists have never broken one campaign promise.
Change, change, change is not a song by Aretha Franklin. Change is something that people you vote for care little or nothing about.
Let’s see. What can be done to change the grip lobbyist have on elected officials?
How about these? For one, legislators should be made to read every bill that comes before them. This will possibly eliminate 2000 page bills and stop politicians from saying, “I didn’t know that was in the bill. I didn’t know the legislation was bad for my constituents”.
Secondly, perhaps there should be a limit on the number of times registered and paid lobbyists can lobby elected officials on a single piece of legislation. This would eliminate companies like banks from hiring a hundred people to request meetings or flood offices of public servants with duplicitous ramblings about terrible laws and amendments.
Thirdly, how about requiring legislators to document for public record everyone that they speak to about legislation? This would show voters all of the people public servants spend time with. Do they spend more time discussing issues with their constituents or more time with their political massas?
As I’ve said many times, be careful when a candidate for political office says he or she is for “change” because most of the time they are lying.
Smart Black people don’t want to change their elected officials, they want to change the way politicians do business!
