|
BILLIONAIRE BOY'S CLUB
Date: December 7, 1999
To: Los Angeles Times
It's interesting that all four likely presidential candidates--Al
Gore
and Bill Bradley on the Democratic side and Bush and McCain on the
Republican--all back the WTO. That leaves voters who don't approve of the
organization with no place to go except the marginal Green or Reform
parties.
The trouble with the Democratic and Republican parties is that they
have become billionaire boys' clubs with their allegiance pledged to the
corporate executives who fund their campaigns. And on issues such as the
WTO, where corporations have a vested interest, the difference between the
two major parties is negligible.
This, of course, is making participation in the traditional political
process increasingly meaningless to the average citizen, resulting in
lower and lower voter turnout for elections.
Rich Seeley
Palm Desert, California
| 
