http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/09/22/state-senate-secretary-caught-in-new-mta-transparency-measures/ A New York City Subway Blog Sat, 26 May 2012 04:42:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/09/22/state-senate-secretary-caught-in-new-mta-transparency-measures/#comment-64881 rhywun Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:09:23 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=3899#comment-64881 I'm sure Big Labor is doing the same thing. I’m sure Big Labor is doing the same thing.

]]> http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/09/22/state-senate-secretary-caught-in-new-mta-transparency-measures/#comment-64860 Alon Levy Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:26:46 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=3899#comment-64860 I know a lot of people who think it's heinous that big insurance is bribing Senators to take certain positions on health care reform. I know a lot of people who think it’s heinous that big insurance is bribing Senators to take certain positions on health care reform.

]]> http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/09/22/state-senate-secretary-caught-in-new-mta-transparency-measures/#comment-64858 Boris Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:36:20 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=3899#comment-64858 If this behavior is illegal, than the illegality lies in favoring a particular company or person instead of a wide range of companies, which seems like a very narrow definition of corruption. US Senators get millions of dollars to push health care reform to benefit a certain group of corporations, and nobody finds any fault with that. Actually, making the phone call public seems to add legality, since all the information is now out in the open. And anyway, politicians are widely known for "making phone calls", and this behavior probably can never be completely eradicated. Kudos to the NY Senate for working too hard on this particular part of the MTA bailout bill though. If this behavior is illegal, than the illegality lies in favoring a particular company or person instead of a wide range of companies, which seems like a very narrow definition of corruption. US Senators get millions of dollars to push health care reform to benefit a certain group of corporations, and nobody finds any fault with that. Actually, making the phone call public seems to add legality, since all the information is now out in the open. And anyway, politicians are widely known for “making phone calls”, and this behavior probably can never be completely eradicated. Kudos to the NY Senate for working too hard on this particular part of the MTA bailout bill though.

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