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Revolution or a Caesar?

Paul Craig Roberts

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Generally speaking, democracies die from corruption. The United States is no exception.  America has always suffered from corrupt government at every level.  Liberals who put unwarranted trust in government, especially at the federal level, have long been in denial about this fact.  Liberals tend to see corruption in state and local governments, especially Southern ones.  They see federal government intervention as the correction.

Liberals know, or once did, of the corruption of President Grant’s government.  They know of President Lincoln’s disregard of the US constitution.  But liberals still see the federal government as a corrective force. 

The federal government is no more safe from being hijacked by interest groups than state and local governments.  Essentially, governments are agencies that influential private interests use to feather their own nest at the expense of others.  The reason is that the President, and the members of the House and Senate obtain office courtesy of those private interests that provide their campaign funds.  Therefore, it is the monied interests that government serves.

Somehow the notion of a “public interest” has survived the many decades of contrary evidence.........more........