basically brought in more wall street friendly guys. historically it s likely that s the choice. i guess that s mean to wall street, right? timothy geithner. it s ridiculous that the notion they re actually genuinely upset is ridiculous. the notion that it s useful propaganda is more realistic. that sounds more like it to me. matt, contributing editor of rolling stone thanks for your time tonight. happy new year. thank so much. cpac is inviting a gay group for help. the splintering on the right over gay rights is next. .and brains. now get a samsung focus™ for $199.99, and get one free.
right off the top of my head, i know there are a lot, but i ll put it up on my website, i promise you. how could you miss that, after this. what other supreme court decisions do you disagree with? well, let s see. there s a plot to buy america as dnc chairman kaine pre i am donating $10,000 to the chamber of commerce now. the unseen financier of the tea party, why david koch never even heard of the tea party except for this part on tape. the largest tea party in the nation on april 15th. tea and coke with matt tabbai. the most african-american voting districts in the state. and view to a rhetorical
banks. according to the center for responsive politics there are about a thousand lobbyists involved in this whole thing at various points and about $600 million has been spent lobbying this bill. matt, that sort of figure would seem to be quite offensive. in reality some make the case that they are there for a reason and they help and they re the liaison between the community that s affected by this. but gillian has a good point. these are broad strokes that are in this legislation. it remains to be seen whether this is going to change anything on the ground. do you think it will? well, look, there are some good things in this bill. because of this bill there s going to be an audit of the fed for the first time ever. there s going to be changes in the lending standards for mortgages. there s going to be the production. there s good stuff in the bill.
let s go back to matt tabbai of rolling stone and talk show host steven. thanks for being with us. the ncaa cracking down. a number of universities are under fire. player agents once again at the center of the storm. i is against the rules for these pl players and their families to receive cash and gifts but should it be. steven why can t basketball players get paid the same way coaches and other officials are? what s behind this? what they re going to say is you know you can t play all student athletes. yes, there s a lot of money coming in and, yes, there are hundreds of millions of dollars or television contracts to take into consideration they re going to tell you there s title 9, the
ladies that play college sports, they would need to be paid. other non revenue generating sports. they re going to talk about the sanctity of amateurism. the reality of the situation is in my personal opinion they want to keep the money for themselves. i m not saying they ought to be paid but a stipend. when you think of the billions of dollars that are being generated in college sports. the fact that they re not receiving some kind of financial benefit while the coaches themselves, the administrators and the institutions are all getting paid and getting paid lovely, think it s an absolute disgrace. matt, have you got a view on this? i totally agree. it s a scam that allows universities to basically make millions and millions of dollars off the unpaid labor of poor kids and primarily poor minority