End Political Corruption: Returning Integrity and Accountability to Democratic Politics
Posted: September 24, 2016
An End To Apathy
There are few who would contest that the political process in the United States – and the world aboard – has been steered increasingly by the influence of corporate conglomerates and the mega-rich elite. The economic and social result is often financial success for businesses at the expense of the citizens for whom the system was created. Aside from a handful of elected officials, principled politics has all but vanished from Washington and the Western democratic process. So tightly pleated into our political system is the sway of ‘big money’ that it appears impossible to unweave it. The prevailing sense of hopelessness is so pervasive that voter apathy is considered at best understandable and, at worst, a virtue.
If anything is to be done, accountability must be brought back into politics for those who accept money and cushy jobs from big corporations and special interest lobbyists. To be effective, accountability must be accomplished outside of the compromised co