Government for Sale: How Lobbyists Shaped the Financial Reform Bill
By Steven Brill
Along a marble corridor in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, I watched about 40 well-dressed men (and two women) delivering huge value for their employers. Except that we, the taxpayers, weren't employing them. The nation's banks, mortgage lenders, stockbrokers, private-equity funds and derivatives traders were.
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http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=mortgage
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Along a marble corridor in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, I watched about 40 well-dressed men (and two women) delivering huge value for their employers. Except that we, the taxpayers, weren't employing them. The nation's banks, mortgage lenders, stockbrokers, private-equity funds and derivatives traders were.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25948.htm
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Financial+Reform+Bill
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=lobbyists
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=mortgage
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=derivatives
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=taxpayer
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Steven+Brill
rudkla - 15. Jul, 22:29
