The corruption is a distraction, the FBI couldn't keep up with it and protect the country, too.
What really galls me about this is that Trump demands loyalty from Americans. They are loyal to corruption. It is criminal in it's intent. So, Trump is willing to spin a web of loyalty to criminality.
18 August 2006
By Sam S. Souryal
...Furthermore, (click here) the obligation of loyalty to persons rather than principles can encourage corruption, promote mediocrity, and demoralize the workers. Ironically, if both workers and superiors were loyal to departmental values, they would, by natural association, be loyal to one another....
With 60 percent of Republicans siding with the President in that the FBI is carrying out a witch hunt, the loyality issues is a profound reality we have to face. The support for Trump is based on false values in the American electorate.
January 31, 2018
...MacGillis found Carson Jr. (click here) constantly hanging around and networking HUD projects in ways that implied some relation to his own businesses. And sure enough, HUD staffers privately expressed concern that he was inviting clients or potential clients to HUD events and “gave the appearance that the Secretary may be using his position for his son’s private gain.”
A report yesterday found that Trump’s infrastructure council is filled with business owners who stand to benefit from the policies Trump is advancing. For instance, Richard LeFrak, one of the developers on Trump’s council, has lobbied against flood-risk regulations that Trump has eliminated. The plan writ large would steer public funding toward privately owned infrastructure projects that would benefit the developers on Trump’s committee, as well as potential members of his own family.
Meanwhile, the Palm Beach Post reports that Trump Realty is expanding its operations in southern Florida. ...One of Trump Realty’s agents tells the Post that she “is confident the recent tax law will further spur relocations from high-tax states in the Northeast to South Florida.” This was not an exposé of a reporter discovering that Trump stands to benefit from his tax law. It was a casual boast by the business’s manager to a journalist.
These stories are merely the news of the last 24 hours, a day in the life of self-dealing in the Trump administration....
This is what the American people need to be loyal to, it is real and is why the USA has been the last standing Superpower of the world. It is OUR dedication to education and the American Dream. Our American Brain Trust IS national security.
December 3, 2017
By David Leonhardt
...Much of human progress (click here) depends on innovation. It depends on people coming up with a breakthrough idea to improve life. Think about penicillin or cancer treatments, electricity or the silicon chip.
For this reason, societies have a big interest in making sure that as many people as possible have the opportunity to become scientists, inventors and entrepreneurs. It’s not only a matter of fairness. Denying opportunities to talented people can end up hurting everyone....
The narrower the path to opportunity the greater the risk to national security.
This is what the American people need to be loyal to, it is real and is why the USA has been the last standing Superpower of the world. It is OUR dedication to education and the American Dream. Our American Brain Trust IS national security.
December 3, 2017
By David Leonhardt
...Much of human progress (click here) depends on innovation. It depends on people coming up with a breakthrough idea to improve life. Think about penicillin or cancer treatments, electricity or the silicon chip.
For this reason, societies have a big interest in making sure that as many people as possible have the opportunity to become scientists, inventors and entrepreneurs. It’s not only a matter of fairness. Denying opportunities to talented people can end up hurting everyone....
The narrower the path to opportunity the greater the risk to national security.
