Big Business gets its way – always?
July 25, 2008
Quotes are from the Idaho Statesman from the AP story “Food industry bitten by its lobbying success”.
Tommy Thompson, who was health secretary during the industry’s lobbying campaign, acknowledged that a more robust food-tracking system – opposed by business groups as too expensive – could have helped stem the current illnesses and business losses.
This raises again the ubiquitous question: Just how much influence does big business have in Washington?
