[Techtalk] New bill

Sunni Maravillosa sunni at free-market.net
Thu Mar 28 15:16:45 EST 2002


>>Who drafts the laws in the US?
>
>Cynical answer: big corporations with the money to buy politicians.

Cynical but more true than many of us care to consider...


>Lobbying *was* done on them; that's why they drafted it. Hollings is 
>becoming known in some circles as "the Senator from Disney".

So he's a "Mickey Mouse" politician... <grin> (For those who don't
grok, it's an insult)

>Now the rest of us get to lobby everyone else in Congress, claiming we

>won't vote for them if they vote for this bill.

I've seen this several places on the web already, and folks are getting
heated up about it. I'll be surprised if it passes, this time <sigh>...

Sunni





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