How It Works, Who Makes The Rules

This comes as no surprise, but it's useful to keep in mind to whom our national leaders are really beholden. It ain't us.

The National Rifle Association’s executive vice president, Wayne LaPierre, spoke Wednesday at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun safety. There, he came face to face with a number of Republican Senators who have benefited from his organization’s spending in recent years. 

According to Public Campaign, a non-profit supporting campaign finance reform and public campaign finance, the Republicans on the committee have in recent years benefited from at least $700,000 in various forms from the NRA, the NRA’s PAC, or the organization’s employees.

I guess it's the best we can have, but it's a lot less than we can hope for. You'd think that of all people, teabaggers would be outraged at this sort of stuff. Democracy lovers, and all that. Power to the... oh well. It's a long-gone concept.

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