Sarah Palin might have coined the phrase ‘crony capitalism’. Describing how business and politics function in America, in a parasite / host relationship. Recently in Fort Dodge a pastor was murdered by a crazy person with a long history of violence. There’s only so many times you can talk about lazy county prosecutors who, if they did their job, we wouldn’t have these homicidal maniacs walking the streets. But, to the point, former Governor Branstad closed down the mental hospitals. He couched it as “saving money” through privatization.

When in reality what he was doing was funneling taxpayer money to his cronies under the guise of ‘residential treatment facilities’. So instead of Iowa being in the top 10 for mental health treatment, with very good inpatient facilities, we sunk overnight to the bottom 10. And pastors in Fort Dodge (Allen Henderson) get murdered (by Joshua Pendleton) because of political payoffs. Cronyism has consequences.