One gigantic lobbying machine

[kpete]

The Lobby

By Ken Silverstein

At times it seems like Washington is one gigantic lobbying machine. To wit:

1. Insurers and drug companies are working to gut health care reform.

2.Big Tobacco wrote the tobacco bill.

3.The meat industry is trying to kill food safety legislation.

4.And Congress fails to reform the root cause of the current economic crisis.
Business. As. Usual.

http://harpers.org/archive/2009/06/hbc-90005138

[kenny blankenship]

1. What do they say? "Never let a good crisis go to waste..."

"when you can use the urgency of the moment to funnel still more profits to your corporate patrons."

pretty sure that's how it goes.