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They have done a wonderful job of putting together their twelve articles and after seeing your site and reading your posts, I'm sure you will be as impressed as I was.
As to my post... I think most politicians use ideology as a smokescreen for their own personal gratification. For example... (D) Barney Frank preaches about the need for affordable housing for poor and minorities etc. and that gets the public on his side (they think he's being a good progressive).
Once he has support, he uses his Chairmanship position on the Housing board (which overseas Fanny and Freddie) to make deals that relax regulations and funnel government money to the companies he oversees.
The executives and especially the CEO's of the companies (one of whom Mr. Frank is sexually engaged with) make a huge pile of money ($90 million for Frank Reins alone).
Those companies turn around and give Mr. Frank his cut of government funds by donating massive sums of money to his campaign fund.
All of this is known, the media doesn't touch it, there were no investigations (and likely won't be), but Mr. Frank is still seen as a hero by the people who put him in office... the ones who actually follow the ideology Mr. Frank espouses.
