122 lobbies, 83% had previously held positions in the federal government. so what does wall street get in return for this corruption? tax breaks for a start. the so-called interest loophole allows the financial elite to pay a lower tax rate on their income than working americans. and the kre cent tax reform bill barely touched this indefensive giveaway to the super rich. then there s the regulatory rollbacks. right now the treasury officials are working to make it easier for the wall street firms to be tagged too big to fail. i m all for less regulation but the right response to the problem of banks being too big to fail is to make them smaller with more competition in the marketplace. but that s the last thing they want. so they ve bought and paid for our government to block it. they ve bought and paid for their expert to shape policy too. in july 2014 james glassman appeared in congress to advise
old, he was jailed literally, because he spoke out for democracy in his country. he was released 17 years later and continues to be a strong voice of opposition in the island. he is here in south florida with me today. he only speaks spanish so i will translate this conversation. [ speaking foreign language ] thank you for being with me. first of all, your reaction ton this news of the normalization of relations. [ speaking foreign language ] translator: my reaction is emotions. it was never a surprise. there were things we were waiting. [ both speaking at once ] a message send to the dissidents that they re alone, that we re alone. [ speaking foreign language ] translator: an indefensive
i wonder if he was talking about is he including the gerrymandering, the whole panoply even if there was evidence say there is no evidence. what is the problem with opening up voting on weekends before elections? or preregistering 16 and 17 year-olds? what s the problem with expanding the access to vote? to the notion of whether the country has changed, this rodeo clown, the one who riled up the crowd, this black-faced rodeo clown that s what he is a at a missouri state fair last weekend while wearing a president obama mask has been condemned by nearly every state official and banned from the missouri state fair for life. what s outrageous and indefensive in missouri and the rest of the country is not apparently in the state of texas. yesterday steve stockman invited the black-faced rodeo clown to perform.
writing for a 5-4 majority, he latched onto the penalty part, calling it a tax and deeming that constitutionally kosher. i know the debate over this law has been divisive. i respect the very real concerns americans have shared. i know a lot of coverage through this health care debate has focused on what it means politically. well, it should be pretty clear by now that i didn t do this because it was good politics. i did it because i believed it was good for the country. president obama today. here s mitt romney. as you might imagine, i disagree with the supreme court s decision. and it agree with the dissent. what the court did not do on its last day in session, i will do on my first day if elected president of the united states. and that is, i will act to repeal obama care. governor romney called it bad law and bad policy. but keeping them honest, it is also nearly identical to his own plan as governor of massachusetts. as for the mandate, well, keeping them honest,
gsa, spokesman saying this video scoop which darrell issa publicly released yesterday is quoting now, another example of the complete lack of judgment. our agency, continues to be appalled by this indefensive i believe behavior. we re taking every step possible to make sure that nothing like this happens again. some question why the statement is so late in coming. the investigation of this las vegas junket begin a year ago. it happened two years ago. two congressional investigations are now scheduled. some congressional critics are skeptical gsa has gotten the message. i m not convinced they have change their ways. this started in 2010. they have two years to clean this up. they knew this happened. they knew that these people could have been fired two years ago yet they have let it go on. reporter: the head of gsa martha johnson resigned this week hours before release the