By overturning the rock and letting America witness the corruption at ACORN, Hannah and James have performed an incredibly valuable service. The rest of us now have an obligation to take the next steps. Shutting off the federal spigot to ACORN obviously is the immediate priority, but it is critically important that we also use this episode to explain that big government is inherently corrupt. The graft at ACORN was not an isolated example. The sleaze at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were not exceptions. The pay-to-play scandals at the Appropriations Committees are not once-in-a-lifetime occurences.
As explained in this short video (alas, no exciting undercover revelations), the government’s bloated budget of nearly $4 trillion is a honeypot for special interests and their political lackeys. But it is not just a problem of wasteful spending. The massive regulatory apparatus creates similar opportunities for favor swapping and insider deals. And the tax code, with tens of thousands of pages of loopholes and special preferences, also is a rat’s nest of corruption.
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