Citizen Lobbyist

If, for some reason, you ever find yourself reading the magazine, The Economist, be sure to understand the difference between “the economy” as that magazine writes about it, and the economy as it relates to you.

US Chamber of Commerce view
US citizen view

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GOP Passing

A brief history of the GOP’s twilight years.

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Or don’t. There are better sources
The American public’s distaste for and mistrust of the New York Times is understandable. How else would Americans view a paper that would editorially welcome Republicans arriving in town for their 2004 convention with the suggestion they should embrace a policy of amnesty for illegal aliens in order […]

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The article I posted Thursday, Bill to improve health care…in Mexico!, was favorited at digg.com (thank you all who dugg it). An appearance on digg.com means many more readers, and that’s good. Voters really should have as many alternative news sources and hear as many differing opinions as possible.
Unfortunately, among the hundreds of comments […]

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The health care mess in the United States is a top concern of voters. Too many Americans find that, despite their best efforts, they are unable to provide quality health care for their families. Too many Americans live in fear that an illness might leave them destitute. Too many Americans spend years sacrificing to pay […]

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In early 2005, ProjectUSA sponsored a contest in which people who contributed to the cost of it, could vote for whichever slogan they preferred on a billboard that would target a member of Congress who supported amnesty.
John McCain “won” in a rout, drawing donations from Maine to San Diego.
A billboard in Phoenix was contracted […]

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Silence from Senator McCain’s office
Even though ProjectUSA is a pipsqueak organization too poor to buy a representative’s vote, let alone a senator’s, we’ve issued John McCain a public challenge.
We’ve named the stakes, and made the wager. The dispute in question is legitimate, and the public has an interest in the outcome. But every day, […]

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For those of you collecting examples of the corporate assault on democratic values, you’ll want to include Viacom Outdoor of Phoenix on your list of rogue corporations.
The huge outdoor advertising company, part of multinational mutlimedia multibillion dollar megacorp, Viacom, has decided the public shouldn’t be allowed to see the message “John McCain supports amnesty for […]

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Recently, a reporter asked me what I think is the solution to the immigration problem. Only half joking, I told him we need to make bribery illegal.
Spend a few eye-opening hours sometime searching the lobbying disclosure records on the U.S. Senate’s web site, and you’ll see what I mean.
If you search the records for […]

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