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In Reply to: RE: In this case, it's the folks who supply electric power. posted by 73812 on January 21, 2022 at 04:29:00
...very aware of that--I'm not that altruistic/naive/stupid--seen it in action. Hence, my "brief" career in the private sector.
I did some consulting work for a chemical/pharmaceutical company owned by an oil company--the "old-boys" from the oil side still believed that "lobbying" meant going office to office on Capitol Hill with briefcases full of cash.
Another "Big-Ag" company that I worked with was in the middle of a big "innovative" (and highly-endorsed) bio-fuels project--while half their Board was being indicted by the Feds for "price-fixing" on another front.
Ah--the 80's... Reagan, cocaine, money...
"So I talk to the night, I head for the light, try and hold it on the road. Thank God for the man who put
the white lines on the highway"--a very dear friend for decades Michael Stanley (Gee)--RIP
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Was that by chance ADM? Price fixer to the world?
YES--and I'll only confirm that because my confidentiality agreement expired years ago. They set-up production of lysine and sold it for less than anyone could produce it (at a loss). Once they controlled the market, it was time for a "sit-down" with their competitors to determine global pricing.
"So I talk to the night, I head for the light, try and hold it on the road. Thank God for the man who put
the white lines on the highway"--a very dear friend for decades Michael Stanley (Gee)--RIP
My lovely bride grew up in Decatur, IL. She went to school with some of the kids of those involved.
It was quite the story, and not sure even today we know the full truth.
Her dad was a life long employee of A.E. Staley
When Newt Gingrich was Speaker, he pushed through drastic cuts in funding for Congressional staffs, and that money has never been restored.
According to one article I read, when the 2017 tax cut was being formulated--it never was debated in the Senate--there were something like 6,000 lobbyists working on 250 House staffers.
Anybody who runs for office should have to divest and should be prohibited from investing while in office. Instead of term limits, there should be a waiting period of not less than 10 years before any retired Congressman can go to work as a lobbyist.
The same should apply to non civil-service workers in the Executive Branch. Too many of these assholes want high paying jobs working for the corporations they're supposed to be regulating.
If limiting campaign contributions is un-Constitutional, then greed needs to be attacked via other means.
Of course, this is all pure fantasy.
The problem is not that there is evil in the world, the problem is that there is good. Because otherwise, who would care?
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