It comes to me as no surprise that this scandal occurred. With every election, comes claims of fraud or unfair elections. Some of them are exposed, some of them are swept under the rug, and some are out in the open, but ignored by most. These harms inherently arise with the implementation of democratic elections. The former two are what people consider conspiracy theories because they can neither be proven nor adequately dealt with. In this case, one case of political tactic was exposed, but was not dealt with properly. A full inquiry is needed indeed, because it is plain to see that the "worker responsible" was nothing more than a scapegoat covering up for a larger agenda. Those unfair advantages political parties hold, but are ignored, are the interesting issues here.
Politicians often use "pork-barrel" legislation to win over their constituents, who are too much the masses to know better. Politicians also negotiate with big corporations for private funding that exceeds the maximum campaign fund limit. In return, successful negotiators are awarded sizeable government contracts and lucrative business opportunities. Such dealings occur on a regular basis, and in my opinion, are the worst sort of political fraud. But because they are not as easy to trace, and certainly not as easy to uncover, they go unnoticed by the general public. Really, democracy has been broken down because we are not electing from a popular vote. Not every man can throw his hat in the ring. Really, we are given 3 or 4 candidates who have already been chosen by the big businesses and Wall Street interests.
Ask yourself, is this the democracy we wanted? Are these people the ones we want making laws which will affect the common man?
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