Drop all the talk about misquided ideologues: Neocons=neocronyism

[yurbud]

Everything George W. Bush has done has been about rewarding cronies, and Iraq is no exception. The first thing he did was cancel Saddam's oil contracts with other countries and give them to American corporations. And how did they pay us back for that gift? By demanding more tax breaks, gouging us at the pump, and prodding their puppet Bush to threaten and invade more oil countries like Iran and Venezuela.

Americans instinctively know these actions are making us less not more safe. It's time to get the cronies out of our foreign policy, and domestic policy for good measure. Sometimes, what's good for business is good for America--but not always.

If a policy is good for a corporation but bad for America, it should not be done.

Therefore, in addition to strict new anti-corruption guidelines barring senators, congressmen, and Pentagon generals from serving as lobbyist or corporate officers or they will be stripped of their government pensions, NO meeting or conversation between an elected officials or bureaucrat may be kept secret. Every conversation between an elected official and business interest shall be recorded and available for public review.

Further, whenever military action is proposed, the GAO shall prepare a report on which businesses stand to profit from the war, and correlate their lobbying activities and donations with which members of congress and senators are pushing for the war.