How would Hillary's Campaign Manager anwer this one: "The Invisible Culture of Corruption" ????

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Sirota: The Invisible Culture of Corruption

http://www.workingassetsblog.com/2007/10/the_invisible_culture_of_corru.html

I wondered: How many others on this letter are paid by industries that stand to make a buck off these trade policies?

Checking federal records, I discovered that the letter's first signatory, James Bacchus, is a former Clinton trade official now employed at convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff's old firm. Bacchus helped the firm this year rake in $40,000 from a client accused by watchdog groups of running sweatshops abroad.
Another signatory, Ira Shapiro, is at the same firm and is also a former Clinton trade official. He lobbies for Dole Foods, whose South American operations will undoubtedly benefit from the NAFTA expansion.

Going through more signatories, I kept finding the same thing. Stuart Eizenstat, a Clinton deputy Treasury secretary, now deals with "international business transactions and regulations on behalf of U.S. companies and others around the world," according to his corporate law firm's website. Former Democratic Rep. Cal Dooley is the lobbyist for large food, beverage and consumer products companies. And former Clinton Chief of Staff Mack McLarty provides "advocacy services to U.S. and multinational businesses involved in Mexico and Latin America," according to the website of his private investment fund.

In sum, the majority of those who signed are lobbyists, corporate lawyers or business consultants representing interests with a financial stake in the trade policies the letter endorses. Yet, this letter has been trumpeted by the media without a single mention of that inconvenient truth.
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