Consumer groups are preparing
By on Jan 5th, 2007 at 11:59 am
Consumer groups are preparing
“to assail rumored Bush candidate to head Consumer Product Safety Commission, National Association of Manufacturers lobbyist Michael Baroody.” Rachel Weintraub of the Consumer Federation of America notes, “It’s sort of astonishing that the administration would pick someone from a regulated industry.”
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People are still astonished at this administration’s behavior? What have they been paying attention to?
January 5th, 2007 at 12:03 pmRachel Weintraub of the Consumer Federation of America notes, “It’s sort of astonishing that the administration would pick someone from a regulated industry.â€
Surely you jest. It’s not ‘astonishing’ at all. It’s par for the course, business as usual, in keeping with the fine tradition this administration has established in appointing foxes to guard the henhouses.
January 5th, 2007 at 12:10 pm“It’s sort of astonishing that the administration would pick someone from a regulated industry.â€
It is not astonishing at all. It is the ususal bushco policy: “Pay to Play.”
January 5th, 2007 at 12:24 pmThe link went to an unrelated story.
January 5th, 2007 at 12:33 pmI’d be astonished if they selected anyone who wasn’t working for the corporate interests they are supposed to be regulating.
January 5th, 2007 at 12:41 pmKinda like appointing Michael Jackson and Mark Foley as co-Head Chaperones to the Vienna Boys Choir.
January 5th, 2007 at 1:34 pmI’m astonished that someone could be astonished about this.
January 5th, 2007 at 2:42 pmHopefully, this practice of appointing people to oversee industries on whose behalf they use to lobby put to a swift and legal end. This kind of appointment is a crystal clear indication that this administration (and any others that do this) is putting the interests of businesses ahead of the interests of the people. This is not what our government is supposed to be doing.
Businesses do not vote on Election Day, PEOPLE do. The “business” is mentioned in the Constitution ONCE, and that is in reference to the journal of each house’s day-to-day business. The COngress has the power to regulate commerce across the several states, and since most businesses operate across state lines, most businesses can be regulated. Businesses are not people, they are abstract constructs on paper, and they have no inalienable or constitutional rights.
We do not have to allow them to let businesses run unchecked, and an appointment like this, from an administration as deceitful and dishonest as this one, can only mean they intend to let the manufacturers association do whatever they want to. This person will not be looking out for consumers’ interests. Why would the president think that anyone would believe he would?
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