That is the sort of economist the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is looking for, according to a fundraising blast email that was sent out, asking for donations to hire a "respected economist" to study the healthcare proposals that are before Congress right now. So far so good, but the second part of the job description reads like an add for a hooker-wanted on Craig's List.About time somebody called that what it is.
"The economist will then circulate a sign-on letter to hundreds of other economists saying that the bill will kill jobs and hurt the economy. We will then be able to use this open letter to produce advertisements, and as a powerful lobbying and grass-roots document."So in short...they know what they want the answer to be, now they just have to find the economist from the old joke and hope he's "respected." At least in the short term. After affixing his or her name to whatever POS "study" the Chamber churns out, all those bets are off.
Monday, November 16, 2009
The Oldest Profession
What Blue Girl said.
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You know what makes this even funnier?
This is a fundraising letter, and they're stating what they want the economist to do.
And they want $50k, in US dollars, for it.
Christ, lobbying groups really suck at bribes, you know? Selling out really is cheap.
I look at it as being brutally efficient. Economists respect that kind of thing.
Brutally efficent, stupidly cheap. You say to-may-to, I say to-mah-toe.
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