On Morning Joe today, the assembled “journalists” were discussing good lobbyists and bad lobbyists. The good ones, as Ron Paul has long noted, lobby against government restrictions and other looting. The bad ones lobby for other people’s money by force, and to hobble their competitors. One of the MJ worthies, with a different view, said the big pharmaceutical companies were doing good lobbying. They had spent $100 million on demagogic ads for Obama’s healthcare bill. No mention that the drug companies will make hundreds of billions out of it. But I appreciated the reminder, since I have long sought a … Continue reading Obama-Pharma