Today we begin with an extraordinary interview with a sitting
member of Congress. It will make you mad but it's something you should
hear. Republican Ken Buck is speaking out of school about the shocking,
transactional nature of Washington politics. About party elites he says,
"live like kings and govern like bullies." And he's lifting the curtain
on why he says nothing gets done in Congress, describing collusion
between Democrats and Republicans to fleece taxpayers on behalf of
special interests.
Rep. Ken Buck: The game here is not to take a tough vote. Nobody wants to take a tough vote, Democrats and Republicans, there’s a quiet conspiracy going on that ‘If you don’t make me take a tough vote I won’t make you take a tough vote.’
A “tough vote,” says Congressman Ken Buck, means anything that cuts spending or programs that benefit political and corporate interests.
Rep. Buck: And the result is that the ability to cut federal programs or to reduce spending in other ways, or to get our tax structure under control- simplify the tax structure is very, very difficult. And that results in higher spending.
http://fullmeasure.news/news/cover-story/bucking-the-system
Rep. Ken Buck: The game here is not to take a tough vote. Nobody wants to take a tough vote, Democrats and Republicans, there’s a quiet conspiracy going on that ‘If you don’t make me take a tough vote I won’t make you take a tough vote.’
A “tough vote,” says Congressman Ken Buck, means anything that cuts spending or programs that benefit political and corporate interests.
Rep. Buck: And the result is that the ability to cut federal programs or to reduce spending in other ways, or to get our tax structure under control- simplify the tax structure is very, very difficult. And that results in higher spending.
http://fullmeasure.news/news/cover-story/bucking-the-system
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