Is it the same old, tired, worn-out rhetoric or is it an honest attempt to straighten out a system plagued with corruption?

First, consider this. The people the investigation is being conducted against and by are the very people who benefit from the system.

Neither party is exempt. Both Republicans and Democrats have relied on major contributors and scratched their backs in turn by passing legislation to benefit them rather than the majority of the people. Any major reform would in essence cut their own purse strings, their own throats, rhetorically and financially speaking.

Sure, Republicans would like to say they pushed for reform just as Democrats would. But, will any reform, if any is enacted at all, affect one of the most corrupt systems this nation has ever seen or is likely to see?

Second, major contributors contribute huge sums of money for one reason and one reason only - to influence legislation that concerns their business. In other words, the goal is to assure legislators vote in a fashion which is most conducive to their business.

Thus, contributions become a means of bribery. Politicians are being bribed to vote as major contributors wish, whether it be in opposition to the people of this nation (the usual case) or not. Votes are being purchased and, thus, politicians bought.

Is either party exempt from this? Not hardly.

Can the system be revised in a manner that will once and for all time do away with the potential of corruption now inherent in the system. Of cours, there is.

Are politicians likely to bring about the necessary changes? Not hardly. It would end their perks and huge financial contributions.

In other words, Ladies and Gentlemen, it will be up to the people of this nation to put a halt to the corruption brought about by campaign funding, to put a halt to “you scratch my back and I will scratch yours” that has prevailed in Washington up to the present.