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To: d[-_-]b who wrote (341900)	7/2/2007 3:23:26 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1572999

Hardly - but we can FORCE the government to function. More than anything else, politicians want to keep their jobs. With enough pressure, they respond, just as they did in this immigration fight that the corporate interests and the Bush admin. LOST. Just keep switching your mind off and voting for the absolute WORST of the lot as far as being bought, the Republicans. I'd direct you to read THIS: en.wikipedia.org "On January 3, 2005, the same day he left Congress, Tauzin began work as the head of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, or PhRMA, a powerful trade group for pharmaceutical companies. It was reported that they had offered more than a two and half million dollars per year for his services, outbidding a lobbying position by the Motion Picture Association of America, which had offered Tauzin one million.[1] Two months earlier, Tauzin had played a key role in shepherding the Medicare Prescription Drug Bill through Congress, which had been criticized by opponents for being too generous to the pharmaceutical industry. This link was explored at great length in a April 1, 2007 interview by Steve Kroft of 60 Minutes. The report, Under The Influence, pitted Rep. Walter B. Jones (R-N.C.) and Rep. Dan Burton against Tauzin and accused him of using unethical tactics to push a bill that "the pharmaceutical lobbyists wrote". Their claim is supported by CSPAN video, the fact that it was the longest roll call in the history of the House of Representatives, and the 3 a.m. voting time. Along with Tauzin, many of the other individuals who worked on the bill are now lobbyists for the pharmaceutical industry. Michael Moore's 2007 pharmaceutical industry-bashing film Sicko levied similar criticism." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- At some point, being conservative has come to mean supporting corporate interests over your own interests as a citizen. When did that happen?