Re: Department of Homeland "Security", Special Interests vs. the Public Interest

jcalasa_at_not-for-mail.com
Date: 09/13/03 

Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 17:18:26 GMT

In ba.internet Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote:
>On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 15:46:53 GMT, <jcalasa@not-for-mail.com> wrote:
>
>>>From <http://www.computerworld.com/printthis/2003/0,4814,84434,00.html>
>> ...
>>With so many examples of the Department of Homeland "Security" being
>>primarily a "department of payback" to Republican campaign contributors
>>rather than truly concerned with security this latest comes as no
>>surprise.
>>Jason
>
>As for payback, you might wanna look at the table at:
> http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.asp?Ind=B&Cycle=2000

I think you're missing the point. The point isn't which party
is accepting contributions but rather how those contributions
influence policy.

On that scale there is no comparison, Republicans are
"for sale". Examples, aside from Microsoft, include
Enron, Haliburton, ClearChannel, ... (details at
<http://www.thenation.com/thebeat/index.mhtml?bid=1&pid=902>).

Jason