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Re: Citizen's Against Government Waste said by Karl Bode:Those groups aren't for hire to the highest bidder. They also occasionally stand up to industry to protect their primary directive. So, no. CAGW is designed to look like those groups, though. In reality they're more public relations. Some examples of their work for Microsoft and others: » www.sptimes.com/2006/04/02/World···_w.shtml» www.internetnews.com/bus-news/ar···p/871631Their campaign for Microsoft where they used form letters from dead people to lobby lawmakers was a particularly nice touch, I thought. Yet they have an entire section against corporate welfare, and also numerous articles against "pork" spending that benefits private industry- is that a stance one would expect from an industry lobbying group?
As far as the MS link, someone returned 2 form letters that were sent out by CAGW to the address of a dead person. Yawn. As far as the Microsoft case, the free trade / libertarian crowd was quite against the government's case; their position was consistant with their core philosophy. Had they suddenly reversed course- such as being in favor of government funding for a contributor- then there would be cause for question.
NRA members were very much in favor of the bill to protect gun manufacturers from frivolous lawsuits, obviously gun manufacturers were too. Some of those manufacturers contributed money to the NRA... but it doesn't imply they were protecting the industry based on contributions- they were advancing a pre-established position that also benefited the industry, who backed the NRA with funding.
Ditto with CAGW- they're against excessive regulation and spending and have many ordinary people (myself included) who agree with that view. It's only natural they'd be against federal funding for broadband and the government witch hunt against Microsoft, which seemed to be based on little more than the fact that they were so sucessful. |
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2 edits | I have nothing more to say that doesn't take us further into "Conservative Qwest employee vs. New England progressive humanist" political BS retread rhetoric. This is a "pro-industry", industry funded, public relations firm that works for the highest bidder, and that classification was your concern. I believe it's accurate. In fact I think I could have fairly used a harsher description.... |
