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IP: Re: : Enron's America
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 14:48:19 -0500
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 10:06:23 -0700 To: farber () cis upenn edu From: "Robert M. McClure" <rmm () unidot com> Subject: Re: IP: Enron's America This is a little like Claude Rains famous line in Casablanca, "I'm shocked, shocked, to find gambling going on here." My reading of American history tells me that commercial influence into government policy making extend back at least to Thomas Jefferson and probably John Adams, maybe even Washington. It has steadily increased since then. The solutions, if any are needed, are much less clear. Clearly you do not want to exclude commercial voices from the decision making process as they often have the greatest wisdom and knowledge. However, you would like to prevent undue influence. I can make the same argument vis-a-vis academia, labor, ecology groups, and other miscellaneous and sundry special interests. Simplistic answers just will not do. Bob
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