Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Ustwo
I find it unfortunate that what is apparently in large part engineered by the worlds largest tobacco seller for its own benefit is considered good legislation because its a 'start'.
While perhaps some good may come of it, this sort of corporate favoritism so clearly displayed is just the sort of government I thought the democrats were elected to stamp out.
|
Ustwo..you and ace obviously believe the bill benefits PM (and the large existing tobacco companies) more than it the benefits the public health. I understand that, I just dont agree with it.
I come down on the other side (with the 600+ national organizations), that the benefits to the public health are greater...and that the lesser benefits to the industry are a trade-off that had to be made in order to get a bill that could gain bipartisan support.
Quote:
|
Well done congress well done, a generation of young voters have never seen a democrat run congress in action, now they will learn what I learned growing up in the 1980s.
|
The generation of young voters can decide for themselves.
I hope those young voters dont judge either party in a vacuum when considering the issue of corporate favoritism...and that they also consider bills like:
the Dem FISA reform bill that removes corporate favoritism to the large telecomms (re: retroactive immunity) in the Repub bill
the 08 Dem energy bill that removed the corporate favoritism to Exxon/Mobile (and friends) at the expense of small, start-up alternative energy companies in the 05 Repub energy bill
the 07 Dem contracting reform bill that addressed favoritism in government contracting that benefited companies like Haliburton to the detriment of smaller companies wanting to compete for government contracts