Lobbying
Lobbying For Lobbyists
President Obama’s new rules against lobbyists in his administration aren’t just inadequate, they’re also optional.
January 22, 2009 | Read More
“Change” On Obama’s First Day
President Obama froze top aides’ salaries and banned those lobbyists honest enough, er, stupid enough to actually call themselves lobbyists.
January 21, 2009 | Read More
Lobbyists Don’t Like Change
When it comes down to it, all career politicians play on the same team: the money team.
January 13, 2009 | Read More
Raising Kaine: Corporate Shill To Head Democratic Party
The likely new head of the Democratic National Committee says all that money he takes from major corporations only pays for some “glad-handing” time.
January 7, 2009 | Read More
Obama Realilty Check - Healthcare Edition
Obama says he wants to fix our diseased healthcare system. But can a former healthcare lobbyist be trusted to do that?
December 1, 2008 | Read More
Subprime Thinking
So-called “aggressive lobbying” from the banking industry kept our government from cracking down on crazy mortgages.
December 1, 2008 | Read More
Obamanomics And Hedge Funds
Don’t expect much “change we can believe in” when it comes to regulating hedge funds.
November 28, 2008 | Read More
Another Obama Reality Check - Lobbying Edition
On the campaign trail, President-elect Obama promised a “fundamental change” in our government. But when it comes to lobbying reform, maybe “meaningless, purely symbolic change” would have been more accurate.
November 7, 2008 | Read More
“The Heartbeat of America”: The Fall of the Automotive Industry
There’s a reason the Chevrolet slogan evoking Detroit as America’s heart resonated so powerfully. The automotive industry is as American as rolling amber waves of grain. And now look how far it has fallen.
October 31, 2008 | Read More
Pill Bugs
Americans pay more for drugs than citizens of any other nation. Way more. And our bought-off political leaders have done nothing, absolutely nothing, to ease this crisis. Now, their criminal inaction is going to cost us big.
October 22, 2008 | Read More
