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The Best Government Money Can Buy
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The Best Government Money Can Buy
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/11/co...he-people/

Quote:But one thing Comcast is doing that's decidedly unsophisticated is its practice of throwing money at absolutely everybody (in truly bi-partisan fashion) in the hope it's really just as simple as buying merger support:

"...money from Comcast's political action committee has flowed to all but three members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Checks have landed in the campaign coffers of Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), who oversee the chamber's antitrust panel. Meanwhile, the cable giant has donated in some way to 32 of the 39 members of the House Judiciary Committee, which is planning a hearing of its own."

Invisible hand of the market, my ass.
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RE: The Best Government Money Can Buy
Invisible hand of the market slipping invisible cash into the invisible pockets of the politicians.
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.
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RE: The Best Government Money Can Buy
Otherwise known as "Democracy - American style."
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RE: The Best Government Money Can Buy
(March 11, 2014 at 4:06 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Otherwise known as "Democracy - American style."

I think all forms of demoncracy work out the same way.
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RE: The Best Government Money Can Buy
Fuck off 'Murica and take your Trans Pacific "Partnership" with you.

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(March 12, 2014 at 2:54 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: Fuck off 'Murica and take your Trans Pacific "Partnership" with you.

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It's just business, mate.
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(March 12, 2014 at 2:59 am)kılıç_mehmet Wrote:
(March 12, 2014 at 2:54 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: Fuck off 'Murica and take your Trans Pacific "Partnership" with you.

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It's just business, mate.

Business got us into this mess.
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RE: The Best Government Money Can Buy
(March 12, 2014 at 3:19 am)Mr. Moncrieff Wrote:
(March 12, 2014 at 2:59 am)kılıç_mehmet Wrote: It's just business, mate.

Business got us into this mess.

Well, it might be a mess, though its still business.
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