What’s In Mitt’s Wallet? : The Other McCain

First of all, I really don’t care. Private property should remain such. From that standpoint, I actually support Mitt’s reluctance.

I absolutely disagree. If Mitt wants to keep his finances or anything else private, then he needs to remain a private citizen. But the moment he comes to me and asks me to vote for him, he forfeits his rights to privacy.

The notion that politicians should have the same rights to privacy as those who are not seeking to rule us is one of the main contributors to the corrupt-to-the-bone state of American politics and governance today. People who “aren’t interested” in the past, the nature, the character, and records, and the deeds of those who are asking us to vote for them simply aren’t thinking very clearly.

You want privacy? Then stay in the private sector. But the moment you seek power in the public sector, your life is (or should be) an open book for the perusal of those from whom you seek power and control at an ultimate level of life and death.