A Nation Bought and Sold? I'm Embarrassed by Senate Bill

 Unsettling, then, this news -- a one-two punch to the gut. First, coming home, I hear on the radio that the immigration reform bill is filled with pork barrel spending. Then, before I can look that up, I see a Facebook post on how those in favor of the legislation out-donated those who opposed the bill by a 24-1 margin.
   Donated -- you know what that means: placed money in the pockets of the senators.
  We cannot do this, not with conscience. Is it not wrong for legislation to be bought and sold? Instead of weighing such an important matter on its merits, is a senator to vote for a matter because it contains a gift for his constituency, or one for himself?
   Is this not wrong?
   What have we become, as a nation, that this is the way we legislate? Is this not to be considered corruption?

http://dailycaller.com/2013/06/28/immigration-backers-out-donate-critics-24-to-1/#ixzz2XZItSHvu

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