Morning Wire (which I listen to almost every day) had a very interesting episode on why pro-transgender laws continue to pass in red states.
Spoiler: because Big Pharma gives them campaign contributions.
Big Pharma wants to sell more drugs, whether people need those drugs or not. Rather than reining them in, Congress is helping them.
And that’s not the only form of government corruption. For the past several decades, the country has wanted Congress to stop illegal immigration, but they steadfastly refuse. Why?
Somebody is paying them, and the corrupt media doesn’t even report on it.
Our checks and balances have failed. We need new ones.
I wholeheartedly agree we need new checks and balances. Yet, I wonder…even if we had them, would those in power find ways to work around them. Albeit there are gaps in checks and balances, it seems the root cause of our issues is the corruption of those in power. The question that comes up for me…is there a reliable way to minimize or eliminate the corruption so that the checks and balances can’t be worked around.
Yes, they would. And then we’d need new ones.
It’s a constant battle.