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1. 

   wndrwrthg said, about 12 hours ago

   Money is the grease that lubricates the wheels of government.

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   somebodyshort said, about 12 hours ago

   Who’s that sitting at the desk ? Mulroney and Schreiber ? I don’t see any brown envelopes.

   Sorry Wiley it may just be a cartoon but when we get to poke fun at politicians we have to take it. From the Great White North, aka Canuckistan.

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   Kis said, about 12 hours ago

   Pretty much the same mechanism in Canuckistan. At least the same result.

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   Sisyphos said, about 11 hours ago

   Screw the Public! Make straight the way of the money-bearing Lobbyist!

   BTW, Compare PBS (today’s and yesterday’s).

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   Sheik Yerbouti said, about 11 hours ago

   It’s the Golden Rule; them that has the gold makes the rules.

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   baslim_the_begger said, about 11 hours ago

   He’s got a little sign on his desk. “The bucks stop here.”

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   BinaryWiener said, about 10 hours ago

   … yeah and they go right into his pocket as “campaign contributions” (see yesterday’s Pearls Before Swine).

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   UncaAlby said, about 9 hours ago

   Well you really can’t see it in this picture, but I think there’s probably a Minotaur in the upper corner having taxpayers for lunch.

   This explains why there’s an entrance with no need for an exit.

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   runninanreadin said, about 9 hours ago

   …and, if you’ve noticed, there is NO way the public can ever reach government. Well put.

10. 

    hildigunnur said, about 9 hours ago

    Ain’t that the truth?

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    cdward said, about 9 hours ago

    Sigh. It’s probably always been this way, but it feels like the power of the corporate owned lobbyist is greater now than ever.

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    arifvakil said, about 8 hours ago

    Brilliant stuff Wiley. LoL Baslim!

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    Desultourist said, about 7 hours ago

    I thought the lobbyist entrance was through the backside of his chair.

14. 

    Potrzebie said, about 5 hours ago

    How come no college has a Lobbyist BA or BS?

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    pschearer said, about 5 hours ago

    Wow, look at all those lobbyists from the government employees and teachers unions!

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    Wildcard24365 said, about 5 hours ago

    Why complain? Is Capitalist system at work, da? Is, how you say, incentive to “work smarter, not harder:” get enough money to influence system?

    Da… money makes world go ‘round.

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    Red Rascal said, about 5 hours ago

    For every labor lobbyist, there are at least ten from big business trying to screw the workers.

18. 

    GuntotingLiberal said, about 5 hours ago

    Good idea Wildcard, maybe the public should band together and pay for our own lobbyists.

19. 

    XslayerALE said, about 4 hours ago

    wait …. where are the hoops and traps?

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    pschearer said, about 4 hours ago

    But Guntoting, the politcos already declare that everything they do is for the public, and look where that’s gotten us.

    As for business lobbyists, there are two main kinds. The first is fundamentally honest and lobbies to keep Congress informed of needful legislation or potential damage from ill-conceived laws. The second kind is fundamentally dishonest, as they wheel and deal for special favors intended to give them an unearned advantage over competitors. The first is concerned with defending his rights and the second intends to violate someone else’s.

    Of course the line between the two types can be blurry in today’s mixed economy, but for a clear depiction of the difference, read Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” for an understanding of what a free economy should look like.

    (Red: That notion that businesses screw the worker is right out of Karl Marx. Where were you taught that?)

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    pdchapin said, about 4 hours ago

    If the public had their own lobbyists, big money would hire lobbyists to lobby our lobbyists. After all, we’re already paying the target of the current lobbyists and we know how successful that’s been.

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    jack75287 said, about 4 hours ago

    Let’s do something about this Term Limits Now. At least that way they won’t give a sh!t about lobbyists during their final term. I know a lot of people think I am wrong but I am to the point were I would agree to 18 years instead of 12 like most people want. It would a lot better then these 36 year 50 freaks we got.

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    billdog said, about 4 hours ago

    ” read Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” for an understanding of what a free economy should look like.”

    I read it in college. It’s a How To book for the selfish, greedy, and callous - the bible of the Teabaggers, interpreted for them by their Grand High Priestess Palin and their Pope Beck.

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    jkoskov said, about 4 hours ago

    Are we sure this official’s title isn’t… “Former Liberal Educator, now Liberal Government God”

    Or how about, “Department of Hope and Change.”

25. 

    Justice22 said, about 4 hours ago

    We already have a college devoted to producing lobbyists. It is called “Congress”.

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    billdog said, about 4 hours ago

    ” That notion that businesses screw the worker is right out of Karl Marx. Where were you taught that?”

    That notion is 100% accurate; I learned it not from Marx but from reality, which you really should sample some time.

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    elbeck said, about 4 hours ago

    Note that there’s no door to the office from the maze.

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    exoticdoc2 said, about 3 hours ago

    And yet here we sit, electing the same schlubs year after year thinking that “our guy is okay, it’s all the others.” Nothing will change until we alter our voting habits.

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    tsouthworth said, about 3 hours ago

    pschearer, yeah, that’s why there are so many rich teachers around, driving BMWs and M-B…oh, wait.

30. 

    chrismaple said, about 3 hours ago

    Where’s the red carpet entrance for people bringing bribes?
    Billdog: That you have deliberately misrepresented “Atlas Shrugged” is obvious from your religious metaphor. Rand was explicitly atheist.

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    SCAATY_423 said, about 2 hours ago

    chrismaple: billdog’s jape was aimed at the Tea Party, Palin, and Beck, hence the religious metaphor. It would not apply to Ayn Rand, as you say.

    Rand’s philosophy, as far as I can tell, was that of a highly intelligent and articulate two-year-old – self-interest is all there is, and altruism and selfless service to others are rubbish. (She reminds me of Stewie Griffin, come to think of it.)

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    billdog said, about 2 hours ago

    @chrismaple

    That you have deliberately misrepresented my comment is evident from your spin/distortion of it.

    I said “Atlas” is the bible of the Teabaggers, which is clear from their reference to it ad nauseum. I made no comment re Rand’s religious beiiefs, or lack thereof.

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    aircraft-engineer said, about 1 hour ago

    atlas is the BABBLE of the teabaggers. There are some fundamental “issues” with atlas

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    kshellorne said, about 1 hour ago

    When future archeologists unearth our culture, I hope they find a cache of your strips! That’ll explain it all.

    love ya.

35. 

    Radish said, 34 minutes ago

    shrug

36. 

    worldisacomic said, 23 minutes ago

    Just outside the cartoon frame is the Chicago City Limits sign!