Comments on: “Majority of House supports bill to reverse dealer closings”

By: bfs

bfs — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:39:56 +0000

A wise man I knew, whose business involved selling an item whose primary market was to various local agencies in a large metropolitan area once told me that he was never surprised that he received his contracts through bribery, but he was surprised by how little he had to pay.

By: Richard Nieporent

Richard Nieporent — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:09:51 +0000

What’s there to be concerned about? It is just a few (hundred?) billion dollars more of taxpayer money going down the drain.

Just the name of this act, “The Automobile Dealer Economic Rights Restoration Act of 2009”, makes you want to throw up.

By: GregS

GregS — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:51:28 +0000

> Ugh. I hate how easily American politics are bought these days.

Me too. It’s not like the good old days when buying American politics was something you could be proud of achieving. They’ve cheapened it at removed any sense of achievement from it.

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:28:30 +0000

Hmm. WordPress didn’t like my /snark tag.

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:27:52 +0000

Come on guys. You do know we have the best Congress money can buy, don’t you?

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:38:28 +0000

I hate that American politics are bought at all.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:20:52 +0000

Ugh. I hate how easily American politics are bought these days.