Posted on 03/11/2002 5:33:22 AM PST by anotherone
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:39:51 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Nearly three months after Enron went bankrupt, President Bush has responded with a call for greater corporate accountability.
"A good business always respects the boundaries of right and wrong," he said last week.
That would be "good," I suppose, compared with "evil" businesses that trespass willy-nilly upon ethical boundaries.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
Stricter guidelines on lobbying by former public officials and their families would be a prudent place to start.
The author is suggesting Bush enact those ethics guidelines that Clinton (the most ethical administration ever!!) imposed on his minions.
Oops, I forgot; Clinton cancelled those restrictions a few days before his term was over.
Seems that former Sec'y of Treasurey - Robert Rubin - was trying to use his influence to gain favors for Enron. Ethical??? (NOT!!)
And while the author hyperventilates about what the Bush family might have done - AFTER G.H.W.Bush (41) LEFT office ... the author seems to forget about what Clinton and his Administration DID... favors to Enron, pressuring foreign governments to give contracts to Enron [India, Nigeria, etc.] ...and then using U.S. Government backed loans (over $1.2 BILLION) to finance the projects which are now at big-time risk for default since the costs are higher than competitive projects.
Being a mushy-headed liberal means never having to look in your own back yard for the open sewer pit, when there might be a subtle oder eminating elsewhere from someone else.
Mike
good site that should always be read when coming across yet another "balanced" chronicle hit piece
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