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Proposed Agenda For Occupy Wall Street #2: Lifetime Ban On Elected Officials & Their Staff From Being Employed As Lobbyists

November 21, 2011

The most notorious lobbyist in recent memory Jack Abramoff who had over 100 congressional representatives and senators in his back pocket and wielded power and influence unchecked for so many years has admitted the only sure fire way to limit lobbyist influence is to limit the career choices of elected officials after leaving office–put simply [...]

Tagged as: cleaning up washington d.c. one wrong at a time, jack abramoff, lifetime ban on elected officials and staff as lobbyists, lobbyists, Obama, Occupy Wall Street Rally, proposed agenda for occupy wall street, tax loopholes and post congressional careers, tax rates favor wealthy

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Wisconsin Governor Walker Backs Down On Obvious Case Of Cronyism

April 7, 2011

Tea Party Governor Scott Walker reversed a promotion of the son of  Wisconsin Builders Association lobbyist and Walker campaign top donor Jerry Deschane,  after Democrats cries of cronyism.  Deschane’s son, Brian Deschane, was promoted from his previous $65,000 job with the Department of Regulation and Licensing  to head a division of the Commerce Department that overseas environmentand regulatory matters with an [...]

Tagged as: Campaign Donations, collective bargaining, cronyism and patronage, Deschane, lobbyists, Scott Walker, Tea Party, unions, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill

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The Problem With Reassuring That The Recovery Is In Full Swing Is…

April 29, 2010

The media blitz is going full throttle with ads of GMC’s CEO Ed Whitacre walking through a plant pronouncing that GMC has paid back its’ loan part of the bailout, namely $6.7 billion, however the taxpayer is still on the hook for $43 billion in stock options; the reporting of the minor dip in shares [...]

Tagged as: bailout, butasforme.com, economic recovery, Financial Institutions, Financial Reform Bill, GM CEO Ed Whitacre, GM's loan payback, Goldman-Sachs, lobbyists, Obama's Policy of Reassurance, Reformed Liberal, Spin, Spin Doctors Go To Work, State of the Economy, States Impoverished, States Revenues, Taxes, Timothy Geithner

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To Become A Real Player In Reform, Tea Party Should Make Term Limits Its’ First Order Of Business

January 12, 2010

The Ohio Valley Tea Party has announced its’ formation as a political action committee in time for  the upcoming election year.  This will enable the group to raise money and support candidates for office.  Although it’s still in the development stage, the potential of becoming a political party is there.  To grow this grassroots movement into [...]

Tagged as: Campaign Reform, citizen legislators, fiscal responsibility by government, grassroots campaign, Harry Reid, Health Care Reform, Lawyers and Government, lobbyists, Pelosi, Republican Contract With America, special interests, term limits, The Tea Party, Third Party, U.S. Congress

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