5, January 2006 Jack
Abramoff
Jack
Abramoff's truly repugnant actions are only a tip of the iceberg into the murky
waters of Washington’s lobbyists. Our cherished democracy is under constant
assault and is being rapidly transformed into an oligarchy where the interests
of corporations supersede the interests of the American people. The People’s
House has been transformed into a rabid group of politicians determined to
maintain their war chest of money to ensure their re-elections and grant
legislative favors to their corporate donors.
Consider
some of the more egregious actions of Abramoff.
In 1995, established a think–tank, the International Freedom Foundation, to improve white South African apartheid
government’s image, while demonizing Nelson Mandela and the African National
Congress.
In the mid 1990’s was
on the payroll of sweat shop owners in the US territory of Saipan to gut US
labor laws reducing workers to indentured servants and forced abortions. As
many as 60 Congressmen accompanied Abramoff on vacation junkets to Saipan, Scotland,
Paris and Moscow.
Robbed millions of
dollars from Indian reservations as consultation fees claiming his high level
contacts with the Department of the Interior would be critical to their
interests.
Shipped arms to
extremist Jewish settlers in Israel.
If the cancer of corruption in Washington is to be halted and the
American people are to regain their voice in public affairs, all lobbying
activities must be outlawed. I urge citizens to raise your voices. Do not
remain silent. Our democracy is at stake.
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