Lobbyists Unhappy About Obama
#1
Posted 06 October 2009 - 05:55 PM
http://www.cqpolitic...ws-000003216413
You probably won't find this on Fox.
#3
Posted 06 October 2009 - 07:29 PM
#4
Posted 06 October 2009 - 07:34 PM
The information on this wasn't easy to dig up. It's not something that was put out, smoke and mirrors style, for public consumption. It's simply behind the scenes change thats going on in Washington.
#5
Posted 06 October 2009 - 08:43 PM
I think it's funny that some people who talk critically about lobbying . . . also talk critically about a prez who opposes lobbying. What's up with that?
This post has been edited by wrsny337: 06 October 2009 - 08:44 PM
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#6
Posted 07 October 2009 - 09:13 AM
my guess...
bad tea....
#7
Posted 07 October 2009 - 11:21 AM
- The "mistake" that let Wall Street CEO's collect obscene bonuses.
- The pending health care "reform" that will force under penalty of law to buy health insurance.
- Auto company bailouts.
- Cash for Clunkers.
#9
Posted 07 October 2009 - 06:24 PM
I guess I was misuderstood here, I was trying to point out that alot of people who want special interest out of Washington are the same people who pay for the lobbying for there special interest by paying for memberships to org. like AARP, AAA and so many others. It's good when becouse of AAA lobbying you don't get a gas tax increase, but if the trucking industy lobbys (ATA) got a tax break for there interest that would be bad. We all have interest that are special to alot of different groups, so I was not being critically about lobbying, the opposity I was trying to point out that is how alot of people and groups are represented in Washington. But as to the other part, yes that was gotten right, I was being very critically of the prez. for even trying to pass this crap off on us, how dumb does this guy think we are that we are buying this? Here is a communty org. or what ever that comes from the most corrupt poltical machine in the country, a move up the ladder like we saw here has to have a lot of people to be paided back. Too many of the connections that should have counted during the campaine, but were countered by the it does not matter defence are going to come back to light as pay off. Just look at the whole olimpic deal and tell that was not pay backs for financal backers.
#10
Posted 07 October 2009 - 06:40 PM
City, posting at the same time.
This post has been edited by Chance: 07 October 2009 - 06:42 PM
#11
Posted 07 October 2009 - 06:41 PM
- Thomas Paine
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#12
Posted 07 October 2009 - 07:04 PM
You must be a special kind of stupid if you think AARP members don't know their memberships are paying for lobbyists. What cave have you been living in? Do you have a super-secret handshake you're going to reveal to us next? A special decoder ring we can get somewhere?
Every group has a lobbyist/lobbyists. The secret's been out for a long time.
ETA: I belong to several nursing organizations. Every single one of them has lobbyists to speak on behalf of specific issues related to causes affecting nursing and the specialty I work in. Big deal? It is to me.
This post has been edited by reese: 07 October 2009 - 07:08 PM
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#13
Posted 07 October 2009 - 07:05 PM
#14
Posted 07 October 2009 - 07:11 PM
City, posting at the same time.
Nope did not miss the NRA, left them out on purpose they are bad very bad, but who could say that the AARP or the AAA are bad? no one. You just made my point if a special interest group is not to your interest they are bad. We all have interest that we want protected, be it in our personal life or something that would affect the way we can made a living. People employed in the building trade for example, they have trade org. that will lobby for regulations that would faver there bottom line at the sametime some say the insurance co. is lobbying for tighter regs. that would hurt the building trade. Whos right and whos wrong? I say it all depends on your prospective and where your pay check comes from. Sorry if you still do not get it citydweller!
#15
Posted 07 October 2009 - 07:12 PM
But if you're active in environmental causes, you want someone in your corner. The playing field isn't even anymore.
John Lennon: Turn left at Greenland.







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