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Released: September 09, 2011
GOP giving consumers’ needs short shrift
Source: David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times (Free Registration)
You can almost understand Republican lawmakers standing firm on matters of economic stimulus and debt reduction. Whether or not you agree with their positions, at least it can be argued that they’re guided by good-old-fashioned conservative ideology.
But when it comes to consumer protection, the Republicans are merely pandering to their deep-pocketed corporate cronies and opposing anything President Obama supports, no matter how reasonable or meritorious it may be.
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