Tammy Bruce Quotes


The Tea Party represents stakeholders in the American system; people who were never involved in politics or thought they had to be, yet realized that political corruption and incompetence threatened not only their families, but the future of the nation itself.


Citations

Bruce, Tammy. "The Tea Party and the American System." Fox News Opinion, 2010.

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Historically in America, the local governments have been the most corrupt. State government somewhat less so, and the Federal Government has statistically, given the number of employees, the lowest proportion of corrupt officials. Even in modern times, there are many local jurisdictions where bribes of building inspectors, zoning officials, health inspectors and police are still common. At the end of the 20th century, for example, every single Kentucky County Commissioners but one was indicted and convicted for accepting bribes and kickbacks. At the federal level, there is much moral corruption with Presidents and members of Congress taking "campaigh contributions" in exchange for access and the ability to influence and even write legislation. The members of Congress wrote the laws so activities that many peopke would see as corrupt was actually legal. Even when the campaign conributions were used to pay "salaries" to the relatives of the member of Congress or he/she added the money to his/her retirement fund.


Forrestal was outraged when special interests and lobbies pressured Congress and the White House regarding the policies—especially the budget and spending policies of the Department of Defense. Ironically, he was accused of endangering national security by many—especially Southerners. He had racially integrated the Navy while Secretary of the Navy and as Defense Secretary he wanted to integrate the armed forces completely. The argument against integration was that unit cohesion and military effectiveness would decrease. If nothing else, large numbers of servicemen would not want to be in close proximity to Blacks and his would impair their military effectiveness. The same arguments were later made about the integration of women and then gays.


Tammy Bruce
Tammy Bruce
  • Born: August 20, 1962
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Radio Host, Writer, Political Commentator

Tammy K. Bruce is a conservative American radio host, author, and political commentator. Earlier she had been president of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Organization for Women. She is currently an on-air contributor to Fox News Channel and host of Get Tammy Bruce on Fox Nation.