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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has used a speech before finance watchdogs to expose the vast conflicts of interest which shape American politics.
In just three minutes the Democrat congresswoman laid bare the almost total absence of rules stopping lawmakers from being bought off by wealthy corporations.
“We have a system with right now which is fundamentally broken,” she concluded after her question and answer session with a panel of senior figures from campaign finance watchdog groups.
originally posted by: Xcalibur254
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has used a speech before finance watchdogs to expose the vast conflicts of interest which shape American politics.
In just three minutes the Democrat congresswoman laid bare the almost total absence of rules stopping lawmakers from being bought off by wealthy corporations.
“We have a system with right now which is fundamentally broken,” she concluded after her question and answer session with a panel of senior figures from campaign finance watchdog groups.
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Love her or hate her you can't deny that she has a good point in this speech. There is nothing that prevents our politicians from being beholden to corporate interests over the people they're supposed to represent.
Of course most of us have known this for a while now but there's finally someone in Congress calling it out as well.
Our system is broken and it's time we finally get our elected officials to represent us and not the big corporations that only care about their bottom line.
Isn't she a democrat?
The party that thrives on mexican cartel bribery, american legal loopholes, blackmail, and having people suicided?
originally posted by: Xcalibur254
a reply to: DBCowboy
When was the last time you saw someone call it out on C-SPAN?
originally posted by: Xcalibur254
a reply to: lordcomac
Isn't she a democrat?
The party that thrives on mexican cartel bribery, american legal loopholes, blackmail, and having people suicided?
You act like this isn't both parties.
Considering her constant headbutting with Pelosi I think it's pretty clear she doesn't walk lock-step with the establishment Democrats.
Let's be honest though, there's a lot of idealistic freshman members of Congress that eventually fall in line. Will AOC become another sellout? I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
originally posted by: JDmOKI
a reply to: Xcalibur254
Sounds like she missed the memo. This is already known to anyone paying attention. She's just young and naive and need to sit, learn and stop trying to change to the world in her first year.