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Originally Posted by oldtimer Amen. The thing that is fucking up the middle east the most is the abuse of its resources by the minority. Royal families are acting is if they actually own the countries they are in, not representing them and working to make them better. Our current king (Abdullah) seems to be the only sincere guy we've had in decades from what I can tell, but he is surrounded by corruption, and he can't fix all things by himself. |
We fight the same thing here in the states, just on a smaller scale. I don't understand how a politician (be they republican or democrat) can claim he wants to fight for the working man/woman when he himself is worth about $300 million.
John Edwards, a democratic presidential candidate, gave a speech a few weeks back at the University of California Davis where he talked about the rising cost of a college education and how important it is to educate our young people. He says if he's elected president he will lower the cost of a top notch college education so that everyone can afford to go to college. Ironically, his speaking fee at UC Davis was $55,000 plus all expenses paid for his staff. Now how can you claim to be fore lowering the cost of education and then charge an educational institution $55,000 for an hour speech.