Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - O'Reilly Update Morning Edition, July 3, 2025

Episode Date: July 3, 2025

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Starting point is 00:00:46 they envisioned leadership that would pursue those things. No tyrants need apply. But Jefferson, Madison, Franklin, and the boys also understood human nature, and how awful it can be. So they built in controls over presidents and members of Congress. What the founders did not anticipate was the potential of money purchasing political power. And here we are. In order to run for national office, a citizen needs hundreds of thousands of dollars, often millions. For the presidency, billions. You may have noticed, not one One congressional Democrat voted for the big bill that President Trump promoted even though
Starting point is 00:01:38 it would keep taxes on working Americans at a lower rate. If any Democrat had supported that bill, the person would have been shunned by the party and most likely denied funds for re-election. Same thing on the Republican side. defy President Trump, and you are likely finished. Donated money will be very difficult to raise. So, voting one's conscience, which the founding fathers wanted, has been replaced by political survival.
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