Cartoon 658: Third Wheel

Over the last half century the clout of lobbyist has grown exponentially in lock step with the rise of campaign costs for political elections. The lobbyist have become a shadowy third party in American politics. Their price of a politician is his soul.  The soul represents the control over the politician’s voting. Lobbyist control can cause the politician not to vote according to what might be best for the nation, their consistency or their conscience.

The Lobbyist have such power they can shape the agenda of Administrations and Congress. They are insatiable in their appetite.

Lobbyist have lined up with the GOP candidate. They feel he is their best hope to “reboot” the financial game. They are lobbying for the economic party to continue that gave rise to the current financial crisis.

Those who live in historical moments seldom recognize the fact. Today more and more Americans are feeling the system is not just broken, but undesirable. The American economic and political patricians may wake up one morning and find themselves in the situation of the Russian aristocracy and bourgeoisie of 1917.