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The legislative process is an interesting one. The standard process (sadly) at this point for controversial bills is:

1 – Come up with an idea for the needed law. At this point, that generally comes from lobbyists representing big companies or special interests that want laws to promote their own agendas;

2 – Reach out to stakeholders that will provide expert opinions or have access to people to support the upcoming bill. In the current corrupt process, this is generally where the various lobbyists are consulted that will make sure all the language is acceptable to their interests (not the people’s interests) and that there will be sufficient support from future campaign donors to ensure there is a benefit worth the political capital that will be spent to promote the bill. The more political capital that has to be spent to push for the bill, the more the elected officials generally want to push it.

3 – Once input is given from the people that actually control things (the lobbyists), the general structure of the bill will be sent for drafting, and the draft language of the bill will be sent back to the elected officials.

4 – The sponsors of the bill and other key people will circulate the language amongst party leadership (if they are not already involved) and the lobbyists. Everyone will work together to determine if the language is “acceptable” and then modify it as necessary to ensure support from party leadership which is mostly determined by the lobbyists (yes – this is true for both parties).

5 – As the final language is agreed upon, the lobbyists and the politicians involved will work on finalizing the “hook.” The hook is the public explanation for the bill, i.e., why they “must support this very important legislation” that may or may not do what they claim it will.

6 – From this point on, the groundwork and approach are generally set, and who is going to support or oppose the bill is pretty well known. A show is made of negotiating final points, but these points will generally be on the periphery of the core aspects of the bill and really have little impact.

7 – Everything after this is based on public support or opposition. The lobbyists will know that the greater the opposition the more it will “cost” them to get the bill passed (though public opposition is NOT an obstacle if there is enough money backing the bill). The game then moves to whether or not the bill has enough financial support from the lobbyists to move it or kill it. Good bills can be killed if the process was not followed and there is enough money to oppose it, and bad bills can be passed despite public opposition if the right people will see enough benefit in campaign contributions or “investments” in their districts.

Understand that this is a general overview and certainly not the only way bills are passed. That said, it is the general process to successfully pass legislation that actually has an impact. It is also critical to understand that not every elected official plays this game. Some refuse to participate, and nearly everyone on the planet can identify the few that don’t because they are constantly excoriated in the press.

The leadership of both parties participates in this game. If they don’t, all the money goes to the other party in the next election cycle. The movement of money does not mean a direct donation and is very difficult to track. Support is frequently based on “favors” that cannot be tracked or proven on paper.

For example, Mitch McConnell sold out entirely to big pharma, and coincidentally, Pfizer donated $1 million dollars to the GOP building fund in Kentucky. Understand that most donations like this are illegal in Kentucky, but if you sell out in the way McConnell has, the corporate masters find a way to reward you. You can read about this here, but it is important to know that the donation to the GOP building fund is a loophole in Kentucky law that would normally ban these kinds of buy-offs. This acts to allow McConnell to grease the wheels of the people in his district/state by ensuring he can have his supporters hired to add on to the GOP headquarters that is named after him… this all ends up being a pretty good deal for him but is not illegal (though I’d say is completely unethical).

Sweetheart deals and hidden donations are what makes the political world go around. I would literally need to write a book to cover even a small fraction of the ways this is done. We really need to get the money out of politics, but I assure you there is ZERO chance of that happening.

This leads us to another point that I am going to touch on far more briefly than it deserves – the role of censorship. Controlling the media lowers the cost of pushing legislation. If the public opposes legislation less or even supports it, then the cost of passing it is lower. This benefits the big money that controls our government and can have a tremendous impact at the national level, which is why so much is being done to take control of the media. Understand that media is now controlled by the same money as the politicians because the investment in one benefits the investors in both. Much like the politicians, you can tell the media that does not participate in the corruption because they are attacked, ostracized, and thrown out of the mainstream as quickly as possible (even Tucker Carlson).

This column is an excerpt from my latest Substack, which can be found at tomrenz.substack.com. Subscriptions are free, and if you choose to pay to subscribe, you can comment and will be supporting my work in the fight against tyranny.


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Sources and much more stuff:

https://thelibertydaily.com/gop-challengers-telling-donors-trump-will-be-taken-out-of-race/

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