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This article is very telling. I have now a new latinoid term to savor:
cui bono - who profited, who benefited
[cui bono?: (A maxim of Cassius, quoted by Cicero), For whose advantage? Generally used, however, as, What is the good of it? - SackLunch.net]
Who stands to (or has) gained the most? It follows along with the other concept that I espouse for addressing political and government malfeasance: follow the money!
I also ask the same about the Iraq mess - cui bono? The California deregulation scam and gouging, Enron, offshoring, the whole Israel/Palestine fiasco (makes Ireland look tame), ad nauseum: Who benefits? Follow the money!
The picture isn't pretty.
I am not a fan of nanny-state Democrats, but they're better than low wage, borrow and spend, corporate catamite, theocratic, bedroom snooping Republicans. I still wish both parties would learn that government needs to mind its own damn business, and stay out of people's private lives if what they're doing isn't hurting anyone (besides the ones doing it - I firmly believe in the right to harm yourself, if that's what trips your trigger.)
cui bono - who profited, who benefited
[cui bono?: (A maxim of Cassius, quoted by Cicero), For whose advantage? Generally used, however, as, What is the good of it? - SackLunch.net]
Who stands to (or has) gained the most? It follows along with the other concept that I espouse for addressing political and government malfeasance: follow the money!
I also ask the same about the Iraq mess - cui bono? The California deregulation scam and gouging, Enron, offshoring, the whole Israel/Palestine fiasco (makes Ireland look tame), ad nauseum: Who benefits? Follow the money!
The picture isn't pretty.
I am not a fan of nanny-state Democrats, but they're better than low wage, borrow and spend, corporate catamite, theocratic, bedroom snooping Republicans. I still wish both parties would learn that government needs to mind its own damn business, and stay out of people's private lives if what they're doing isn't hurting anyone (besides the ones doing it - I firmly believe in the right to harm yourself, if that's what trips your trigger.)
