Lobbyists
High on the Hog
The protege of Rep. John Murtha, one of the biggest earmarkers in Congress, appears to know his way around a kitchen.
March 30, 2009 | Read More
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
Turn, Turn, Turn: The Revolving Door Spins
Will a single senator dare to oppose yet another Washington retread trying to walk back through the revolving door between government and big business?
January 16, 2009 | Read More
The D.C. Bubble
You want some investment advice? Take that money out of your mattress and start buying real estate in and around Washington D.C.
January 15, 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
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
Pigs Fly? The Pentagon Cuts A Bloated Program
Last week, something truly bizarre happened in Washington. The Department of Defense actually trimmed a wasteful military contract. But this is the Pentagon we’re talking about. Weapons systems never die. They just get re-bid. And defense contractors like Boeing are already lining up.
October 20, 2008 | Read More
Reason #86: Weapons of War - Our Last Domestic Product
For most of our history, we didn’t have much of a weapons industry in this country. When we faced a war, domestic industries and manufacturers would simply stop making ploughshares and other peacetime goods and use their factories to produce the arms and military equipment we needed. As Eisenhower pointed out in his farewell speech, though, all of that changed after World War II. Numerous manufacturers that had switched to arms making during the war simply kept at it. And many, many more defense firms sprung up to supply our endless appetite for arms to fight the Cold War.
Worst of…
August 28, 2008 | Read More
Slam the Revolving Door
Men like George Bush Sr. should be ashamed. After he left office, he went to work jetting around the world and shilling for the Carlyle Group. In other words, he cashed in on his time as president like it was some kind of corporate internship instead of public service. He’s not alone. Just about every other president has used his post-White House years in similarly vulgar fashion.
This kind of unsavory exploitation of public office is all too common-and it’s a real problem. How can we trust our leaders to make the right decisions while in office if they’re all just bucking…
August 26, 2008 | Read More
