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>Hours after OSHA announced the beryllium rule delay on March 21, 2017, Byrne sent another letter to the agency...The letter thanked OSHA for the delay but urge
by TomMckenny 8y ago
>Hours after OSHA announced the beryllium rule delay on March 21, 2017, Byrne sent another letter to the agency...The letter thanked OSHA for the delay but urged it to issue a new beryllium rule that did not include the ancillary safety provisions for the shipyard and construction industries.
>That same day, Byrne’s re-election campaign received $5,000 in contributions from the Associated Builders & Contractors
Coincidence?
- ams6110 8y agoHate to think a politician could be bought for a paltry amount like $5,000. I mean, should not be able to be bought at all, but $5,000... That's nothing.
- alexpetralia 8y agoMy dad often says: "you'd be surprised how cheaply people will sell themselves for." I have found this to be true over and over again.
- nitwit005 8y agoI certainly felt this back in university when reading about police corruption investigations. The amounts involved often just seemed sad.
- eesmith 8y agoThere's a quote along the lines "the surprise isn't that politicians can be bought, but that you or I could afford them." Searching now, I can't find the quote. I did find "It never fails to astonish me how cheaply a politician can be bought." by Timothy Noah at https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2005/08/bob-ney-character-witness.html https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2005/08/bob-ney-characte... .
- jessaustin 8y agoYou'd think the shipyard workers' union could probably pony up that... maybe the politician could have an auction or something.