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" Vote them all out during the next two election cycles. Start with fresh faces and names. Politics was never intended to be a career, or a business, that a person can pass down to a son or a daughter. "

" Does this really come as a surprise to anyone? "

" If the Founding Fathers of this nation could have peered into 2007, they would have unanimously placed term limits on ALL elected officials. Show me a single benefit of "professional politicians" and I will counter with 10 negatives. One of these days, the silent majority must be silent no longer. Give all of Congress, 1 - 6-year term - no more, no less. That may allow us to save the union. Then again, it may be too little, too late. I think I am safe to say, that government is no longer by the people or for the people. We are just manipulated at regular intervals to gain our votes. Then we kind of get in the way... "

" I agree. There should be no corporate, union, or other special interest money in politics. I heard that some charitable organizations even make donations. It's ridiculous. Only rich people who can fund their own campaign should be able to run for office. That way, we can be sure no one is influencing how they vote. "

" You know if I were being tried in the court of law and if I offered the judge some "support" money I would be charged with a crime, I do not understand how the power companies are allowed to buy their way to a deal. The practice of big business buying new laws will never be in the best interest of the citizens of Illinois. These power company's are bribing our lawmakers at our expense. Time to fight back and bypass the meter on my home or maybe I should quit paying so I can claim to be to poor to pay my bill, because I waste my money too...... "

" All donations to politicians should be illegal. Doesn't matter what group is handing the money out. Campaign contributions should be illegal for corporations to do and severely limited for individuals (that way someone with very deep pockets does not give multi-million dollar donations). "

" To Well, et al. So called "special interest" groups, including corporations, have every right to contribute to politicians. Certainly unions and trial lawyers are among the largest donors to either party, and the recipients regularly block tort and education reform. Would you block their donations too, are you selective in your outrage? "

" If these guys (the ones accepting donations from the utilities) had a single ethical bone in their bodies they wouldn't be politicians. "

" "State Rep. Brandon Phelps, D-Harrisburg pulled in $500 from Dynegy...“I still voted against them,” Phelps said." If I accepted a $500 "gift" from one of my students at the University, I would be canned in a heartbeat. Whatever happened to the ethics training ALL state emplyees are required to take? "

" I think ALL contributions from big business should be illegal these people work for us NOT big business or maybe they ought to wear clothes like the guys in nascar and whenever they speak they need to say the names of all there SPONSERS first HOW SICKENING this has all become "

" How much money did Emil Jones get ???? It's funny that his name didn't come up in the story. It all works out in the end, we get a credit and they get a credit . theirs is just bigger then ours. "

" If this is the best political system in the world, I'd sure hate to see the worst. "

" The utilities apparently are pretty tight-fisted with their gifts. With the hundreds of millions they have been raking in this year, the donation figures I'm reading here seem pretty miniscule. "

" Well, I feel much better knowing that the incumbents could squeeze a few more dollars out of their election promises. Corn Belt Electric customers, which is a co-op, I'm assuming will see no "help". I'm assuming that most of the "help" will be to Springfield and then doled out to Chicago, East St. Louis, etc. I could be wrong; send the legislature home. We'll all be better off. "