John Boehner: OK you guys - I'm opening the door to compromise! Barack Obama: Wha...?? Joe Biden: Boehner wants to compromise?? Boehner: You have nothing to fear but fear itself! Punk: Ah, the non-partisan spirit.
It takes years to develop relationships and you only give a boat load of money to someone you trust. The solution is Congressional Term Limits. Increased turn over makes buying lawmakers a waste of money.
What a huge distortion of reality. There are more lobbyists in DC (with the Dems in compete control) than there were under the Bush administration. Some of the lobbyists are even in the White House. If you are looking for corruption, look no further.
Ever hear of the “K Street Project”? Dick Armey and Tom Delay set up a money pipeline. Lobbyists–not staffers–wrote most of the legislation that became law from 1994 to 2006.
Florida has term limits in its state legislature, and the lobbyists run EVERYTHING. Term limits only give the lobbyists another reason to run things, because they can tell the legislators that they don’t even know enough about how things run to write legislation. So, the lobbyists write the legislation they want, give it to the legislators to pass into law, and then sit back in comfort.
WarBush almost 14 years ago
^Is that oldlegodad?
Jaedabee Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Companies right now are hiring GOP lobbyists at top dollar in anticipation of November.
SuperGriz almost 14 years ago
Time to start dismantling the conglomerates.
rottenprat almost 14 years ago
It takes years to develop relationships and you only give a boat load of money to someone you trust. The solution is Congressional Term Limits. Increased turn over makes buying lawmakers a waste of money.
myming almost 14 years ago
looks like “ole ski jump” nose…
dshepard almost 14 years ago
Patty….more of the pot calling the kettle black! I take it news was slow today, huh?
Yawwwwn….NEXT!
pwroblewski almost 14 years ago
What a huge distortion of reality. There are more lobbyists in DC (with the Dems in compete control) than there were under the Bush administration. Some of the lobbyists are even in the White House. If you are looking for corruption, look no further.
MattNYC almost 14 years ago
Phillip,
Ever hear of the “K Street Project”? Dick Armey and Tom Delay set up a money pipeline. Lobbyists–not staffers–wrote most of the legislation that became law from 1994 to 2006.
mspeer almost 14 years ago
@rottenpratt:
Florida has term limits in its state legislature, and the lobbyists run EVERYTHING. Term limits only give the lobbyists another reason to run things, because they can tell the legislators that they don’t even know enough about how things run to write legislation. So, the lobbyists write the legislation they want, give it to the legislators to pass into law, and then sit back in comfort.