Discussion for article #226352
So if I understand this. They can serve on boards and comissions but nobody takes them seriously when they open their mouths.
Can the head of the board pump ‘Yakity Sax’ into the room whenever a lobbyist starts talking?
Major exception being Tom Wheeler as head of the FCC when he was a major lobbyist for the cable companies. And the FCC is the arbiter in the net neutrality issue, which the cable companies want changed to allow them to gouge anyone who wants a broad viewership on the Internet. Way to go Obama. What the hell were you thinking? Or did you just accept Rahm’s recommendation for the post?