kelsielee
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Message Posted: Mar 16, 2010 11:43:20 AM
No surprise in this article. Unfortunately, power in this country often goes to the most effective lobbyists and those who make the largest political contributions - until something blows up and causes power to be diminished (like the Toyota situation).
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52MPG
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Message Posted: Mar 16, 2010 10:03:21 AM
There is only one party in Washington DC - the incumbent party.
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LetemEatCake
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 11:21:53 PM
This is SOP for most in the last 50 years. All you have to do is follow the money, and kit easy to determine why your Senator or Representative voted as they did....
Sadly greywolves is right on target, and why Oil producing States have the weakest environmental laws too.
[Edited by: LetemEatCake at 3/16/2010 12:23:07 AM EST]
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greywolves
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 11:42:33 AM
lobbying practices, in the last half century, has turned our representative form of governance into a plutocracy.
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OHMS
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 10:20:43 AM
that's pretty normal for the government; meet in the lobby
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bcb_albany
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 8:30:02 AM
...and the plot thickens. I take back all the nice things I've ever said about Toyota.
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