Comments on: Fired Up (again) http://nyudems.com/2010/02/05/fired-up-again/ Fighting for our school, our city, and our nation. Join Us. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:44:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: innocentsmithjournal http://nyudems.com/2010/02/05/fired-up-again/#comment-326 innocentsmithjournal Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:44:53 +0000 http://nyudems.com/?p=752#comment-326 The Lessig piece is right on. I wonder, though, if the right is wise enough to recognize its own self-interest. It's one thing to denounce the bank and auto bailouts, and another to address the underlying cause of those bailouts: the corporate financing of elections. From the standpoint of the right, isn't restraining big business "socialism"? I have discussed the Lessig piece and the challenge it poses for the right more fully at the Innocent Smith Journal: http://innocentsmithjournal.wordpress.com/2010/02/07/fixing-congress/ The Lessig piece is right on. I wonder, though, if the right is wise enough to recognize its own self-interest. It’s one thing to denounce the bank and auto bailouts, and another to address the underlying cause of those bailouts: the corporate financing of elections.

From the standpoint of the right, isn’t restraining big business “socialism”?

I have discussed the Lessig piece and the challenge it poses for the right more fully at the Innocent Smith Journal:

http://innocentsmithjournal.wordpress.com/2010/02/07/fixing-congress/

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