Tuesday, March 08, 2005

Of the people, by the people ...

Democracy - government of the people, by the people, for the people. But in practice it doesn't quite work out that way. X company contributes to politician Y (say) or party Z. Y/Z wins. X demands his pound of flesh from Y/Z. After all, there really are no free lunches on this small planet. Unfortunately the flesh turns out to be of the people. So what! Read about it here as the credit card companies demand their dues from the politicians they bankrolled.