Matt Taibbi Quotes About Politicians

• The mistake our politicians so often make with these industry leaders is in thinking they are interested in, or respectful of, the power of government. All they want is to keep stealing. If you can offer them the government’s seal of approval on that, they’ll take it. But if you can’t, well, they’ll take that too.

  Matt Taibbi

  Mistake, Thinking, Government

  Matt Taibbi (2010). “Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America”, p.205, Spiegel & Grau

• What we have now is a situation where politicians get a whole bunch of money from mainly business interests. Then once they hold that office, they spend all their time in office paying back over and over again those campaign contributions through various favors and contracts and that sort of thing.

  Matt Taibbi

  Office, Campaigns, Favors

• Se gana el juego de la regulación financiera moderna presentando el mayor número de mociones, asistiendo al mayor número de audiencias, dando el mayor dinero al mayor número de políticos y, sobre todo, manteniéndose en ello, día tras día, año tras año fiscal, hasta que robar vuelva a ser legal.

  Matt Taibbi

  Winning, Years, Games

• Los políticos de Washington básicamente ven al Pueblo como un enemigo caprichoso y peligroso, una turba tonta cuya única cualidad interesante resulta ser su poder para quitarles el trabajo a los políticos... Cuando el gobierno ve a su pueblo como el enemigo, tarde o temprano ese sentimiento llega a ser mutuo. Y es entonces cuando empieza lo realmente extraño.

  Matt Taibbi

  Empleo, Real, Gobierno

  Matt Taibbi (2008). "El gran desvarío: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion at the Twilight of the American Empire", p.131, Spiegel & Grau

• This idea that you can't be an honest man and a Washington politician is a myth, a crock made up by sellouts and careerist hacks who don't stand for anything and are impatient with people who do. It's possible to do this job with honor and dignity.

  Matt Taibbi

  Jobs, Men, Ideas

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