 Lobbyists Quit in Record Numbers, Don't let the door hit you on the you know what... |
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  Nov 3 2009, 11:47 AM
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"It’s been a rough few years for lobbyists. They have been attacked by President Barack Obama. They have been targeted in corruption probes. And they have been hurt by the economy.
And many have decided they’re not going to take it anymore. A record number of lobbyists have quit the business this year, according to a study released today. About 1,400 lobbyists, or 8% of the industry, left in the three-month period ending June 30, according to a joint study of lobbying records by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics and OMB Watch. Typically, a few hundred lobbyists leave the business every quarter..." Lobbyists Quit In Record Numbers -------------------- "People who don't believe in government have no business running the government." - Thom Hartmann
"If you cut a hole in the Bible in all the places that mention helping the poor, you can smuggle Rush Limbaugh's drugs in it." - Al Franken "If you are for small government than you are for corporate power. People cannot make massive change by themselves. The people get action through the government. Without government, corporations will run rampant and we the people will suffer. Who else but government is big enough to take on corporations?" - Thom Hartmann |
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Nov 3 2009, 11:55 AM
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 ED HEAD Group: Members Posts: 8,990 Joined: 30-September 06 From: Granite Bay, Calif Member No.: 11,089 |
8%? Well, that's a start. I'd rather see 92% up and quit. Or 100%. If Congress needs to learn about a subject, they can hold hearings and have them televised on CSPAN so we can all see who's coming to the table. As citizens, we don't have a seat unless our lives are so extraordinary our problems come to the attention of Congress. If we had public financing of campaigns we'd see lobbyists quit in droves.
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Nov 3 2009, 12:23 PM
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 KEYBOARD COMMANDO! GRRRR! Group: Members Posts: 24,450 Joined: 17-August 05 From: Stevens Point, WI Member No.: 1,753 |
QUOTE (chris in sacto @ Nov 3 2009, 11:55 AM)  8%? Well, that's a start. I'd rather see 92% up and quit. Or 100%. If Congress needs to learn about a subject, they can hold hearings and have them televised on CSPAN so we can all see who's coming to the table. As citizens, we don't have a seat unless our lives are so extraordinary our problems come to the attention of Congress. If we had public financing of campaigns we'd see lobbyists quit in droves. It's a tripling or quadrupling of the average and a record. It's change you can believe in. But politicians rarely get credit for anything they accomplish. It's always about what they haven't done yet. WELL DONE MR. PRESIDENT! --------------------  Is uniformity attainable? Millions of men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burned, tortured, fined, imprisoned; yet we have not advanced one inch toward uniformity. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites; to support roguery and error all over the earth. - Thomas Jefferson Notes on The State of Virginia (1781) The RW desire to force uniformity continues, the hypocrites remain, and the millions of victims gain new company daily. |
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Nov 3 2009, 12:46 PM
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QUOTE (chris in sacto @ Nov 3 2009, 10:55 AM) 8%? Well, that's a start. I'd rather see 92% up and quit. Or 100%. If Congress needs to learn about a subject, they can hold hearings and have them televised on CSPAN so we can all see who's coming to the table. As citizens, we don't have a seat unless our lives are so extraordinary our problems come to the attention of Congress. If we had public financing of campaigns we'd see lobbyists quit in droves. I read a huge article about McConnell yesterday from his re-election campaign in 2006 and you can't believe how much McConnell worships money. And then he uses that money to give to other Republicans to give out to lobbyists and friends. Alan Simpson, the ex-Senator of Wyoming, said that the money assured access, and those top donors received special attention to the concerns they have. He said that many Senators were simply "bought and paid for". |
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Nov 3 2009, 12:56 PM
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ED HEAD Group: Members Posts: 8,990 Joined: 30-September 06 From: Granite Bay, Calif Member No.: 11,089 |
My dad told me legislators are like women who walk the streets for money. He said it many times. He wasn't wrong, and this was back in the '60s. Nothing's changed.
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Nov 3 2009, 01:14 PM
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QUOTE (JUS95dogg82 @ Nov 3 2009, 12:23 PM) It's a tripling or quadrupling of the average and a record. It's change you can believe in. But politicians rarely get credit for anything they accomplish. It's always about what they haven't done yet. WELL DONE MR. PRESIDENT! I'm sure that the Wrong Wing and their apologists are working up a talking point for this. These are probably jobs that the Republiklans wanted the Stimulus dollars to go toward saving. |
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Nov 3 2009, 03:16 PM
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 12 Parsys Group: Members Posts: 13,563 Joined: 3-September 05 Member No.: 2,972 |
QUOTE (christyblue @ Nov 3 2009, 12:47 PM) "It’s been a rough few years for lobbyists. They have been attacked by President Barack Obama. They have been targeted in corruption probes. And they have been hurt by the economy. And many have decided they’re not going to take it anymore. A record number of lobbyists have quit the business this year, according to a study released today. About 1,400 lobbyists, or 8% of the industry, left in the three-month period ending June 30, according to a joint study of lobbying records by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics and OMB Watch. Typically, a few hundred lobbyists leave the business every quarter..." Lobbyists Quit In Record Numbers im not sure if theres a diff in lobbyists or hedge fund traders, but theyre all updating their resumes. QUOTE Congress needs to learn about a subject, they can hold hearings and have them televised on CSPAN so we can all see who's coming to the table. that would be nice. ...whatever happened to cspan, or does congress only hold closed hearings now. or at all. -------------------- Medicare Part E: Medicare for Everyone. Health care for profit has destroyed the United States. "The government is us; we are the government, you and I." ---Teddy Roosevelt |
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