“People in the political world have every incentive to say things that lead voters away from a clear economic understanding of issues. What has happened more and more is that organized groups have more and more reasons to say things that don't make any economic sense.” PeopleWorldReasonPoliticalUnderstandingIssuesClearHappenedGroupsEconomicOrganizedVotersIncentives Author:Thomas Sowell
“If zero percent of the elites support something, very low chance it's going to pass, if 100% support something, very high chance it's going to pass. Same thing for organized interest groups. But for the average voter, it's a flat line. Which says it doesn't matter whether zero percent of the public believes something or 100% of the average voters believe something - it doesn't affect the probability that that thing will be enacted.” IfsBelieveMatterInterestLinesChanceSupportGroupsLowsPercentAverageOrganizedFlatsZeroVotersElitesProbabilityInterest Groups Author:Lawrence Lessig
“Democratic capitalism: A cooperative enterprise to earn enough money to buy enough Congressional influence to gain control over the government's guns so as to get even more money for your special-interest group.Social democratic capitalism: A cooperative enterprise to promise sufficient government benefits to enough voters to gain control over the government's guns so as to keep any other special-interest group from getting as much power as yours.” EnoughGovernmentSocialInterestGroupsInfluenceSpecialPromiseBenefitsGunCapitalismGainsDemocraticSufficientEnterpriseVotersMore MoneySpecial InterestsCooperativesInterest GroupsSpecial Interest Groups Author:Gary North
“ACORN, you may recall, is the left-wing activist group with longtime ties to community organizer-turned-President Barack Obama. The nonprofit, which now takes in 40 percent of its revenues from American taxpayers after four decades on the public teat, has a history of engaging in voter fraud, corporate shakedowns, partisan bullying and pro-illegal immigration lobbying. The Democrats' stimulus proposals could make the group - and its lesser known but even more radical ideological allies - eligible for upward of $5 billion in new public cash.” MayLeftPresidentCommunityKnownFourGroupsPercentWingsDemocratDecadesBillionsImmigrationRadicalBarackCorporateTiesIllegalActivistVotersBullyingAlliesFraudCashRecallsEngagingRevenueProposalTaxpayersStimulusIdeologicalPartisansPresident Barack ObamaLeft WingIllegal ImmigrationOrganizerNonprofitsAcornsLobbyingVoter FraudLesser Known Author:Michelle Malkin
“The rules in this new 'post-partisan' era are pretty simple: If the Democratic Party wants it, it's 'stimulus.' If the Republican Party opposes it, it's 'politics' - as in headlines like this: 'Obama Urges GOP To Keep Politics To A Minimum On Stimulus.' These are serious times: As the president says, it's the worst economic crisis since the Thirties. So politicians need to put politics behind them and immediately lavish $4.19 billion on his community-organizing pals at the highly inventive 'voter registration' group ACORN for 'neighborhood stabilization activities.” IfsWantNeedsPresidentCommunitySimplePartyBehindsGroupsEconomicWorstSeriousPoliticianRepublicanActivityCrisisDemocraticBillionsErasPostsNeighborhoodUrgesVotersMinimumRepublican PartyDemocratic PartyStimulusHeadlinesPartisansGopPalsEconomic CrisisAcornsRegistrationCommunity OrganizingVoter Registration Author:Mark Steyn