Question: What do Representative Will Fourkiller, former Representative Dan Kirby, former Senator Ralph Shorty, former Senator Kyle Loveless, and Senator Bryce Marlett have in common? If you said they all have been investigated (for) or committed sex crimes, you'd be wrong. Former Senator Kyle Loveless was found guilty of excessive greed. If you said they're all Republicans, you'd be wrong. Representative Will Fourkiller is a Democrat. But if you said they all are egocentric, wanna-be millionaires who only answer to their corporate bosses, not constituents - you probably are right. Many political experts believe there are two categories of democrats, liberal and conservative.. Yes, many democrats were conservative "back in the day", but have evolved into a more liberal, corporate philosophy in recent years. Former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan are good examples of neo-liberals (corporate liberals). The same political pundits also believe there may be two types of republicans, conservative and corporate. Of course, traditionally conservative republicans believe in retaining traditionally successful social institutions such as our public schools. They believe in less government spending and low tax rates. And they believe the U.S. Constitution as well as the State Constitution should be the Law of the land. Many are also Christian and use the Bible as their life guidebook. Corporate republicans are the opposite of conservatives. They believe in progressing past our public schools to corporate charter and privatization of schools by directing public tax dollars to these educational institutions. They believe in corporate welfare, but not individual (constituent) welfare. And they believe Constitutional Laws were made to be broken or changed when it fits their personal agenda.
Many political science experts believe the "magnificent five" mentioned above are all corporatists (having corporate bosses, not constituents). But how can one truly determine if a lawmaker or former lawmaker is a corporatist who only cares about his corporate boss and cares nothing about his voting public? It's really very easy. One way is to check the lawmaker's voting record. If he always votes for bills (legislation) which support his corporate bosses and not his constituents, then he's a corporatist. If he has accepted large campaign donations from multi-national, out-of-state corporations and out-of-state non-profit organizations - then he's a corporatist. For example, the National non-profit Stand for Children, a Washington D.C. based school voucher organization donated $ hundreds of thousands to several state candidates over the years. Betsy Devos, the new U.S. Secretary of Education and billionaire heiress, was once the CEO of Stand for Children. Of course, other than the " five musketeers" there are several more corporatists in the Oklahoma Legislature. If they are attending the annual American Legislative and Corporate Exchange Council (ALCEC) convention in Denver next week, then he must be a corporatist. At this convention, corporations exchange legislative bills they've written for handsome campaign donations ($$$). A corporate non-profit or corporation simply hands the bill to a state lawmaker along with a "$ brown envelope". The lawmaker then takes the bill back to his home state and proposes it during the legislative session. The bill is definitely not for his constituents, but for the corporate bottom line.. money! It's amazing that practically no voters who voted for the above-mentioned lawmakers the first time, would vote for them again. These voters say that they are now "educated" about these lawmakers, and would not make the same mistake twice. Many political experts say "Educate yourself, and don't make the first mistake - it's easy." All it takes is a little research and a few questions...
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