Years from now, when we try to explain what brought about the Debt-Ceiling Hostage Crisis of 2011, we’ll need to begin with the most powerful unelected politician in American history, Grover Norquist, and the entrenched special interests he represents. Everything else we see right now — the partisan wrangling in defense of the hostage crisis for instance — is just a smoke screen for politicians who have a sworn allegiance to Norquist and the unrivaled power of the profiteering lobby, and, simply don’t want voters to understand that.
By “profiteering lobby,” I mean special interests who view safety regulations, financial oversight, and taxes on corporations and the wealthy an obstacles to maximum profit and maximum power, and spend unfathomable amounts of money to avoid/destroy them.
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