Obama's Lobbyist Ban Haunting Him

While it is easy to make light of the lobbyist situation the reality is that the experience level needed to truly understand and craft national tax policy can usually only be found in the vicinity of the national capitol. When people are not actively employed by the government to craft such policy and law their most viable (and yes lucrative) alternative is the countless tax law firms in the capitol, many of which do lobbying activity. The real problem with much of our system is that Political appointees make up far too many of the positions in Tax as well as certain other areas. If the departments were comprised of primarily career tax people, such as in the state department where there are mostly career diplomatic public servants, we would not have this problem of finding individuals untainted by working as lobbyists. Of course tax policy itself is so tainted by political philosophical perspective that administrations on both sides of the aisle would no doubt have trouble working with "professionals" who might tell them that their policies are BS. Reply

NustinNY: "1. Think up your own screen name." I did. " 2. Stop spewing rubbish like "Messiah... cardboard... a farce... failed..." " Why, because the truth hurts? I would like to go back and review all of the vile things you posted about GWB in the name of being patriotic. You are a true liberal: hypocritical, tolerant of only one line of thought, and only have the ability to name call when questioned. I will say it again, Obama is a cardboard puppet for Pelosi and Reid. He may have the intellect, but he does not have the depth of character needed to lead our country even in the best of times. All of his cronies and appointees are tax evaders or suspect of other issues at best. His "stimulus" package is nothing but a democrat power grab when the nation is in crisis. No earmarks in congressional bills? Not quite. Maybe next time. No lobbyists in his administration? Not quite. Maybe next time. No tax raise on those under $250k/year ("Not one red cent!)? Not after he's done with the global warming cap and trade crap. OBAMA is a disaster not even waiting to happen; already there. What you liberals who elected him should do is hold him to his campaign promises/rhetoric, but you won't do that because he is the MESSIAH! Reply

I'm an independent who likes seeing and participating in well-reasoned debate from both sides, but I have to say that the "conservatives" on this site are just flat-out stupid and lazy in thought. It's really disappointing there aren't any smart people who will debate the issues with facts, research, and thought. People like NOTnutsinPA, clroger, ObamaBinBiden, Corona_King, northeast, and others....each one of these people has absolutely nothing of substance to offer except for lame robotic talking points and schadenfreude. I'm not saying the liberals don't have their dummies, but at least they have a bunch of bright people who are willing to debate the issues. The right is very poorly represented and it's very disappointing. Step your game up. Reply

The solution to get state representatives to look beyond their specific state needs and work for the nation, is going to be as difficult to get global nations to work for the common good of the whole earth... they can't see past their own immediate needs and wants. Reply