We have let the government’s evil-doing, its abuses, power grabs, brutality, meanness, inhumanity, immorality, greed, corruption, debauchery, and tyranny go on for too long. We are approaching a reckoning. This is the point where a real bad actor steps in with lots of hollow empty promises, he’s known as the “Antichrist”. But though in all governments, this great power must exist somewhere, yet it can rarely be delegated with prudence to inferior magistrates; who, out of ambition, revenge, or faction, or for bribes and preferments, or out of fear and flattery, or in concert with the ill measures or selfish intrigues of statesmen, may pervert so dangerous a trust to the destruction of those whom it was intended to preserve.” — John Trenchard, Cato’s Letters No. 12, January 14, 1721 In a thorough investigation of congressional pay-to-play schemes, federal grants, campaign cash, … Continue reading Watchman: New Report Reveals the Depth and Despotism of Congress’ Legalized “Pay to Play” Corruption Factory