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global1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-24-09 12:14 PM
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Seriously - What Would Happen If Senators & Congress Persons Didn't Take Lobbying Monies From.....
big insurance and big pharma that are trying to kill this health reform?

Other than having their campaign war chests being a little poorer - what else could they be threatened with? Surely - if they stood up for the people - those that elected them in the first place - that they would be rewarded with re-election. Just how can turning down the bribes by these lobbying guns hurt them?
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Dollface Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-24-09 12:17 PM
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1. They would starve to death trying to find real jobs. No marketable skills.
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Soylent Brice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-24-09 12:19 PM
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3. damn, that's a good answer.
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global1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-24-09 12:26 PM
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4. You Didn't Answer The Question .......
I think you are insinuating that they would be knocked out of office - but how? Again - I have to reiterate - if the person elected by the people actually came through for the people - wouldn't the people reward that person with re-electing them?
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-24-09 12:19 PM
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2. They'd turn to other forms of crime.
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