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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush

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To: TigerPaw who wrote (3736)	6/24/2001 11:08:24 PM
From: Mephisto	Read Replies (1) of 93284

"It's not yet clear whether the Bush administration really is a government of, by and for big corporations to an extent not seen since Warren G. Harding was president, or whether it just looks that way. But the stories keep accumulating. INTEL's chief lobbyist says that his highly inappropriate meetings with KARL ROVE were "quite useful" to its merger case — and Mr. ROVE didn't even get a slap on the wrist. According to the outgoing chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,the head of ENRON offered to support him at the White House if he changed his policy positions. And it took three months — and a sharp prod from JAKE TAPPER at SALON — before Treasury Secretary PAUL O'NEILL honored his promise to sell his ALCOA stock. As a consumer, I'm not sure I trust these people to protect me from the market power of giant corporations. And so it's nice to know that Mr. Monti is out there, looking after my interests From the last paragraph of the article Trust and Antitrust by Paul KRUGMAN From The New York Times June 24, 2001 Page 13 OP-ED nytimes.com For entire article see: Message 15988942

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