▲ 343 ▼ Green Party candidate Cornel West owes more than half a million dollars in taxes and child support: Records (abcnews.go.com) submitted 3 years ago by TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 244 comments fedilink hide all child comments ABCnews
[–] jordanlund@lemmy.one 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) I never said family wealth needs no investigation, I said massive debt which is mysteriously paid off needs investigation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 3 years ago (1 child) meh. i don't think it's worth the energy of even saying "there ought to be an investigation" of any of them, myself. i'm saying that you're looking at the wrong person to start hunting out corruption. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jordanlund@lemmy.one 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) It's not about Doctor West, it's about ANYONE in massive debt seeking public office. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) i think we should start with anyone in public office, pretty much endlessly. let's root out corruption where it has actually taken place, not where it MIGHT. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jordanlund@lemmy.one 1 point 3 years ago Oh, definitely, the problem with that, as we're seeing with the Supreme Court, it's the people in power who are deciding the rules. Now we could make a change with some form of anti-corruption constitutional amendment, but that requires a 2/3rds majority in the Senate and we can't even get 60 votes to break a filibuster much less the 67 needed for an amendment. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 3 years ago (1 child) meh. i don't think it's worth the energy of even saying "there ought to be an investigation" of any of them, myself. i'm saying that you're looking at the wrong person to start hunting out corruption. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jordanlund@lemmy.one 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) It's not about Doctor West, it's about ANYONE in massive debt seeking public office. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) i think we should start with anyone in public office, pretty much endlessly. let's root out corruption where it has actually taken place, not where it MIGHT. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jordanlund@lemmy.one 1 point 3 years ago Oh, definitely, the problem with that, as we're seeing with the Supreme Court, it's the people in power who are deciding the rules. Now we could make a change with some form of anti-corruption constitutional amendment, but that requires a 2/3rds majority in the Senate and we can't even get 60 votes to break a filibuster much less the 67 needed for an amendment. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jordanlund@lemmy.one 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) It's not about Doctor West, it's about ANYONE in massive debt seeking public office. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) i think we should start with anyone in public office, pretty much endlessly. let's root out corruption where it has actually taken place, not where it MIGHT. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jordanlund@lemmy.one 1 point 3 years ago Oh, definitely, the problem with that, as we're seeing with the Supreme Court, it's the people in power who are deciding the rules. Now we could make a change with some form of anti-corruption constitutional amendment, but that requires a 2/3rds majority in the Senate and we can't even get 60 votes to break a filibuster much less the 67 needed for an amendment. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) i think we should start with anyone in public office, pretty much endlessly. let's root out corruption where it has actually taken place, not where it MIGHT. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jordanlund@lemmy.one 1 point 3 years ago Oh, definitely, the problem with that, as we're seeing with the Supreme Court, it's the people in power who are deciding the rules. Now we could make a change with some form of anti-corruption constitutional amendment, but that requires a 2/3rds majority in the Senate and we can't even get 60 votes to break a filibuster much less the 67 needed for an amendment. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jordanlund@lemmy.one 1 point 3 years ago Oh, definitely, the problem with that, as we're seeing with the Supreme Court, it's the people in power who are deciding the rules. Now we could make a change with some form of anti-corruption constitutional amendment, but that requires a 2/3rds majority in the Senate and we can't even get 60 votes to break a filibuster much less the 67 needed for an amendment. permalink fedilink source parent