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After a contentious election cycle, the nation needs a new idea or program with broad support to help us abandon the vicious partisanship of the last year. President-elect Trump has wisely proposed two such programs: new spending to rebuild the nation’s decaying infrastructure and ethics reform to “drain the swamp” of corruption in Washington DC.
In August of this past year, five current or former Senators, eight current or former Governors, a businesswoman, a neurosurgeon and Donald Trump stood on a stage. After seven years of exploding debts, executive overreach and foreign policy failures, it was the Republican Party’s golden opportunity to bring common-sense conservatism back to Washington. The stage was packed with leaders with stellar records, various rising stars and Donald Trump. All were competing for the nomination of a party with an honorable history and noble goals, the party which gave the world Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan.
Corruption is a blight on our political culture. On the campaign trail, Donald Trump has said that “when you give [politicians money], they do whatever the hell you want them to do,” essentially admitting to quid pro quo corruption. Trump has made a point of bragging about donating to politicians in exchange for favors, including a donation to Hillary Clinton in order to purchase her attendance at his third wedding.
