The Onion: Are Politicians Failing Our Lobbyists?



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Panelists discuss the alarming trend of politicians who break their promises to the lobbyists who helped elect them.


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No you're wrong. ... ( 1 month ago by ferrozm)
No you're wrong. Read the community investment act. educate yourself dumb ass.
Okay, clearly ... ( 1 month ago by colonelmatterson)
Okay, clearly you're thinking of something totally different and irrelevant to federal fiscal policy. Thanks for playing!
wrong again ... ( 1 month ago by ferrozm)
wrong again dickhead, it has everything to do with federal fiscal policy.
funny. not only are ... ( 1 month ago by colonelmatterson)
funny. not only are you very childish, you've now painted yourself into the impossible corner of explaining how the farm bill has anything to do with the GSEs. enjoy.
what an idiot you ... ( 1 month ago by ferrozm)
what an idiot you are. That was not a farm bill at all. The community investment act was the bill that was passed that gave these banks the incentives to give home loans to idiots who could not afford to pay them. Terribly sorry it wasn't the community investment act it was the community REinvestment act. missed by a suffix, oh well my point still remains true.
Whoops, you missed ... ( 1 month ago by colonelmatterson)
Whoops, you missed a suffix. Instead of talking about the GSEs, you contended that the farm bill had something to do with the recent meltdown. Now let me school you, asshat. All statute does not constitute market regulation. Here's another clue, dickhead: the GSEs were not mortgage originators. The *re*-investment act only provided a more robust secondary market so that there would be more incentive to lend period. Without adequate oversight from Congress, they went off course- kbi
I gotta love you ... ( 1 month ago by colonelmatterson)
I gotta love you moronic neoclassical ideologues who think that any market imbalance necessarily has to do with regulation. If your head weren't so far shoved up your ass, you'd think twice before making such a fallacious claim. Goodness! Any bout of destructive financial innovation is because of regulation no matter how far removed! It makes so much sense... you should present your findings to Ayn Rand Institute since it's so bizarre and shitheaded, it'll undoubtedly appeal to them.
SINCE 1992 THE ... ( 1 month ago by ubuibiok)
SINCE 1992 THE OFHEA WAS PAID OVER 60 MILLION a year TO SUPERVISE THE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT OF just 2 corporations FANNY MAY AND FREDDY MAC.........AND THE REPORTED TO CONGRESS a clean record, no problems...... I call upon each US CITIZEN TO SUE every worker at OFHEO Separately just to kill them in Legal Fees
The comments in ... ( 1 month ago by DrHMFIC)
The comments in here are even funnier than the video. You guys probably debate the research data on different neuronal mechanisms for primary role in cortical perception after a wet dream.
I really really ... ( 1 month ago by MadenaMoe)
I really really REALLY hate fags that turn a funny video into meaningless blabber about petty bullshit., Just put in your two cents and stfu. All you have to do LOL/rate if you like it. If you don't like it then just exit or click another video. Annoying fat asses sitting on there computer chairs and acting like any gives a shit about there opinion.
the only thing i ... ( 1 month ago by 77sporty)
the only thing i ever got from a politician is lies.
half the fun is ... ( 1 month ago by hayman4548213)
half the fun is reading what people say.
"Amorphous blob" XD ... ( 1 month ago by carmen510)
"Amorphous blob" XD Half the hilarity is from the video, and the other half is watching the idiots debate about petty crap in the comments. :D
Here is the step by ... ( 1 month ago by FreeAgain2)
Here is the step by step video (search YouTube) of what happened in the mortgage/credit markets, why all these banks are failing and how we got to where we are . . . 1RZVw3no2A4
Some kind of ... ( 1 month ago by tommyconroy)
Some kind of amorphis blob.
People love to rant ... ( 3 weeks ago by mcdanie5)
People love to rant and rave about how one extreme or the other will save/destroy our country. They're half right. Extremism can and has destroyed many a country's high standard of living, no need to go into history on that one. I can think of no extremist position that has led to long term prosperity for any country or region. A lot of us think that the reckless deregulation of the last 8 years has contributed mightily to the present day downturn. Only compromise will right the ship.
What are you ... ( 3 weeks ago by colonelmatterson)
What are you talking about?
is that the dude ... ( 3 weeks ago by quinnith00)
is that the dude from the food network?
"Annoying fat asses ... ( 3 weeks ago by ftnchrislol)
"Annoying fat asses sitting on there computer chairs and acting like any gives a shit about there opinion." so what were you doing?
I'm not going to ... ( 3 weeks ago by MadenaMoe)
I'm not going to lower my-self to your false sense of justice and morals by arguing with you about nothing.
this has nothing to ... ( 3 weeks ago by ftnchrislol)
this has nothing to do with justice or morals. what you said is simply a contradiction :)
Oh well OK-and ... ( 3 weeks ago by MadenaMoe)
Oh well OK-and stuff.
Politics ( 3 weeks ago by mcdanie5)
Politics
If you make a deal ... ( 1 week ago by josephyb33)
If you make a deal you make a deal!
@ 1:14 LMAO



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