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 morboComplete Your Transaction
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1 edit | hurray, but concern about Martin's motivation... i am in favor of a la carte. but i'm concerned about why Martin would flip flop on this issue. i know it's not about family values, etc, as it is being portrayed. it's about screwing the cable companies, possibly giving AT&T's craptastic offering a fighting chance? is it too early for theorizing? | |
|  | | Re: hurray, but concern about Martin's motivation... said by morbo:i am in favor of a la carte. but i'm concerned about why Martin would flip flop on this issue. i know it's not about family values, etc, as it is being portrayed. it's about screwing the cable companies, possibly giving AT&T's craptastic offering a fighting chance? is it too early for theorizing? He is looking for a job. Martin knows he now has no chance of employment with a cable company so it might as well be either a telco OR an organization that can use his prior contacts in Congress and the FCC. | |
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1 edit | Re: hurray, but concern about Martin's motivation... then we need strict rules prohibiting this.
similar to the rules you hear on radio promotions: no current or former employee is eligible to "win" or be employed at any position in an organization he/she was just in charge of regulating. common sense rule. | |
| | | | | Re: hurray, but concern about Martin's motivation... Good idea. I would extend this rule to members of Congress and lobbyist organizations. As it stands now, Congressmen will often push a lobbyist's proposed bill through Congress because they know that that lobbyist will get them a high paying job (lobbying Congress most times) when they're out of Congress. | |
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North Andover, MA | Re: hurray, but concern about Martin's motivation... Yes, except then we end up with a large group of unemployable legislators. Why would anyone run for office if they could get a better job, or if they weren't already filthy rich, if they would be unemployable in their area of expertise afterwards. It'd be liking writing your life off.. If you think government is incompetent now, just imagine removing the small amount of legislators who actually know something.. | |
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00000 | Re: hurray, but concern about Martin's motivation... said by Ahrenl:Yes, except then we end up with a large group of unemployable legislators. Why would anyone run for office if they could get a better job, or if they weren't already filthy rich, if they would be unemployable in their area of expertise afterwards. It'd be liking writing your life off.. If you think government is incompetent now, just imagine removing the small amount of legislators who actually know something.. huh? first off, who cares if they can't get a job with a company they just "wrote" a bill for and helped usher into law? that is the problem. conflict of interest.
it's an incestuous situtation. these individuals can still get jobs elsewhere, but they and their family should be prohibited from getting a job (formal, informal, or consulting) with companies they helped benefit financially during their stint in government. | |
| | | | | | Ahrenl
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North Andover, MA | Re: hurray, but concern about Martin's motivation... The point is they won't take the position (public sector) in the first place. So anyone writing laws/regulating any given sector will be those least qualified to do so.
Remember: "..it's a series of tubes!!!" Now imagine that with everything. EVERY. SINGLE. LAW/REGULATION. | |
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