Ex-racketeer and ex-tax fraudster of Colombo mafia Michael Franzese considers that nowadays corruption among politicians is the biggest he has ever seen. This one of things on which he wrote in his book. A point of person with his past is absolutely curious.
It was interesting to know many personal cases, which weren’t caught, with familiar and not names of people who take politician posts and were involved in methods of getting big quantity of money. The book explains things what behind of government structures of the United States. Franzese always puts grandiose comparison with his past and often finishes chapter with quote of one of gangsters, which usually correctly characterize written. Many times he mentions Niccolo Machiavelli’s disgusting The Prince by comparing that this politician approach is no different to nowadays while I can’t absolutely agree with him. Machiavellian presents in the USA and methods became more nefarious for the last time by seeing what’s happening with Republican candidates, but they are soft in comparison with The Prince, which it includes murder and betraying for stay in power and moreover and fortunately Americans are choosing who will take a post what, I think, created these problems. I can’t agree that limitation of terms, arrest and jailing lawmakers, forbidden for high-paying jobs will bring victory, because, as writes Michael Franzese, politicians found alternatives. Nothing threaten to vote for other person for berth, but majority people continue to reelect. These senators sit for decades. Neither lie as contradiction to promise, nor corruption don’t stop Americans to vote for these people. Even the most blatant exposure doesn’t influence. California, a state in which Michael Franzese lives, in economic disaster. It rises price for houses, food, gas and taxes and has a high criminal activity and poverty as became notorious Downtown by fulfilling of tents. However, 61,88%, what is almost 8 million people, didn’t want resignation in 2021 of rotten grease Gavin Newsom made income in happening. He won second term in the next year by getting 59,2%, which almost in 6,5 million. Biden, on whom doesn’t need to repeat, must be in jail in normal situation, but he was in Senate for decades and he is a president of the United States now. It’s impossible to share view with Michael Franzese who writes three times that people disappoint in government when it lies. Of course, there are such people, but there are not majority. He reasons that storming of Capitol expression of people tiresome of what government is doing. I would give that all people who entered in American parliament had that point. There were who peacefully behaved and there were with wild and other more. If people will choose not only Republicans and Democrats for Washington and America will take parliamentary form of ruling – it would be better. However, Founding Fathers were wisely in creation that a department is controlled by other department – where is no a department over all of them. It supposed to work, but nobody object to audacious. Certainly, Michael Franzese is right that too much money goes wrong as he is about vast budget for Pentagon (and he doesn’t mention that Donald Trump worked on reduce of it.); America requires reducing of filling papers as those with impossible cases as mentioned with parrots whose creator wanted to show his sense of humor; less spending on propaganda; vote right for convicts, because it’s against democracy if that not and the USA doesn’t need in too many political posts. His many solutions are correct while more people must care, think and learn as Michael Franzese.
Text is written masterfully and I complain that an author sometimes talks. Once he says “read the rest of this chapter, and tell me what you think.” How is it possible to do? I know, as you says, that this can do by your site, but I would wish to speak personally about your book and not only and do it with a bottle of your wine even though I don’t trust Armenian vineyards.
Let me say to you else, sir. You don’t like that women and non-white has less rich donors while a lot of them situate in variable offices, but I never understand on necessity of such variety due to it’s not important and you must look on personal qualities. Obama wasn’t different in surrounding of white politicians as John Kerry and Joe Biden as well as about Hillary Clinton.
That precise quotation on communists worst than mafia what is obvious, because it’s titanic power while gangs are not. There I can’t stand in one on that Mussolini perceived them as rivals whose resources not for control of country. General Smedley Butler who executed interests of fruit corporations in Latin America and other kind of companies in first third of twentieth century called himself as “a racketeer for capitalism”, counted countries and companies where had activity and finished his saying with “Looking back on it, I feel I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three city districts. We Marines operated on three continents.” Sir, you don’t mention about period from Banana Wars to coups in Iran and Guatemala. I consider that was greatly worst about corruption of politicians then today. But your book deserves for keeping on shelf and Rudy Giuliani made excellent addition to it by writing of own experience with mafia and Michael Franzese in a foreword – that is what must to be in this place.