Power corrupts

Finally catching up on yesterday’s papers after doing some running around. I wanted to point out this column by Tom Moran on the Lynch guilty plea.

He follows it up with another good one today, point out that while the Democrats maybe the ones caught with their hands in the cookie jar in New Jersey, it is probably only because they are the ones with access. Witness our friends in Washington (or Monmouth County).

That’s the key to understanding the pervasive quality of this. Unless there is real legal reform — campaign finance reform that takes private money out of the system and lobbying reform that erects a higher wall between legislators and Congress and the moneymen — this will continue to happen regardless of who is in power.

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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet