-=> Richard Webb wrote to Dave Drum <=-   
      
    DD> We need some laws (enforceable and enforced) to curb the abuses of   
    DD> Wall Street. But, the truth is that the fat cats OWN the politicians   
    DD> who write those laws. Prospects of meaningful reform are vanishingly   
    DD> small.   
      
    RW> Agreed, and therein lies the real problem.   
      
   Same deal on term limits for elected officials. Many of them seem to think   
   that holding elected office is a lifetime sinecure. Which certainly is *NOT*   
   what the framers of the Constitution envisioned.   
      
   ... Democrats are sexy: who ever heard of a nice piece of elephant???   
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