What Do Rich Douchenozzles Get Out of Buying Politicians?

[phantom power]

... I think we’ve all been poisoned by glib libertarianism into thinking that “self-interest” means just “having more money”, but in reality, self-interest is about very different things. Money, after all, is just so many numbers on a ledger if it can’t buy you anything. And there’s only so many expensive toys and fancy foods and big houses you can buy; after awhile, you run out of time to enjoy it all. (Plus, a lot of these mean old conservatives have a puritanical streak that makes it hard for them to enjoy pleasures that much to begin with.) Of course you’re going to start throwing your money around, seeing how much power it can buy you. If you’re kind of a super villain to begin with, the appeal of owning the President has to be irresistible. It may even be more appealing than being the President, which is work.

It’s also important to remember that the rich are people just like you and me. There’s nothing about being rich that makes you smarter than everyone else. On the contrary, they’re often a lot stupider because no one ever tells them no. For someone who was a right wing nut to begin with, being super rich is going to turn you into a monster. No matter how wild your right wing delusions, no matter how sadistic your ideology, people are going to swarm around you, validating your every move. These guys quite literally have nothing better to do than sit around stewing about all the poor people and sexy young women (whose genuine affections they have to know are unpurchasable, even as they can purchase access to some of their bodies) just walk around free, fundamentally out of their control. They control their homes, their families, and their employees, but if you’re outside of that circle, they don’t own your ass, and that galls many of these angry old rich dudes. From their point of view, what good is having all that money if you can’t use it to expand your circle of control?

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/05/what-do-rich-douchenozzles-get-out-of-buying-politicians/

[Anthony McCarthy]

1. For the Bush II Regime

they got to steal everything that wasn't and was nailed down. They bought the media to prevent anything being done about it once they lost power.

[louis-t]

2. It would have cost them less to pay their taxes and

STFU.

[madokie]

4. But getting out of paying their taxes is the game they play

seems most rich people play that game. I think that is the topic of conversation at most of their get togethers. Rich people don't party as that is for us serfs, rich people have get togethers.

[codjh9]

3. The Koch brothers came to mind when skimming this - talk about stupid, evil, sadistic, monsters...

[Frustratedlady]

5. Any politician that can be bought, isn't worth messing with...

Why would you want to spend money on a person who has to sell themselves to get anywhere? They would be an embarrassment. If they can be bought, it would be as a puppet to do exactly as told...with fingers that can hold a pen and sign the papers.

Where did I hear that before? Oh, yeah...Grover Norquist.

Well, see what I mean?

[Turbineguy]

6. A good deal

they are cheaper to buy than ordinary people. And repubs are the cheapest.

[HopeHoops]

7. Millions in tax cuts that they can't possibly spend in their lifetimes.

That's pretty much it.