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Overtonwindow 4y ago
It’s amazing what governments can do when they really want to… I remember when my home state of Vermont was going to require the labeling of all genetically modified products at the grocery store. Congress moved with such incredible speed to block that from happening.
- Traubenfuchs 4y ago
  > It’s amazing what governments can do when they really want to… When the get PAID TO, you mean.
  - Overtonwindow 4y ago
    That's a very good point, but what congress did in the months after extreme, national emergencies (bombing of Pearl Harbor, 9/11, etc.) shows that they can move quickly when they want to. As for paying, it depends on the issue. Laws stopping predatory lending practices overcame the banking industry; the ACA probably overcame spending by the insurance industry. So I don't fully agree that they can move quickly when they're paid to, but money almost certainly moves congress on smaller issues, and those that go by unnoticed.
    - jjj123 4y ago
      Just want to mention that the ACA actually increased insurance premium revenue [1]. It’s not that the law overcame lobbying, the law was transformed by lobbying into something palatable for the insurance industry. 1: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2016/jul/how-has-affordable-care-act-affected-health-insurers-financial https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2...
- chiefalchemist 4y ago
  Want to? More like are pushed, twisted and perhaps paid to (by interest groups). Being normalized doesn't make it right. The elites' being oblivious to their self-service doesn't make it right either.
kevinmchugh 4y ago
I will be very surprised if that happens. There's been no indications of that in this Congress. The negative press would be pretty obvious, and from all sides. I also don't know that Disney is worried about it. Have they said anything to indicate they're lobbying for it, or worried about the harm to the company if they lose copyright? It'd have to be in their investor statement, right?

It’s amazing what governments can do when they really want to… I remember when my home state of Vermont was going to require the labeling of all genetically modified products at the grocery store. Congress moved with such incredible speed to block that from happening.

Traubenfuchs 4y ago
> It’s amazing what governments can do when they really want to… When the get PAID TO, you mean.
- Overtonwindow 4y ago
  That's a very good point, but what congress did in the months after extreme, national emergencies (bombing of Pearl Harbor, 9/11, etc.) shows that they can move quickly when they want to. As for paying, it depends on the issue. Laws stopping predatory lending practices overcame the banking industry; the ACA probably overcame spending by the insurance industry. So I don't fully agree that they can move quickly when they're paid to, but money almost certainly moves congress on smaller issues, and those that go by unnoticed.
  - jjj123 4y ago
    Just want to mention that the ACA actually increased insurance premium revenue [1]. It’s not that the law overcame lobbying, the law was transformed by lobbying into something palatable for the insurance industry. 1: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2016/jul/how-has-affordable-care-act-affected-health-insurers-financial https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2...
chiefalchemist 4y ago
Want to? More like are pushed, twisted and perhaps paid to (by interest groups). Being normalized doesn't make it right. The elites' being oblivious to their self-service doesn't make it right either.

kevinmchugh 4y ago

I will be very surprised if that happens. There's been no indications of that in this Congress. The negative press would be pretty obvious, and from all sides. I also don't know that Disney is worried about it. Have they said anything to indicate they're lobbying for it, or worried about the harm to the company if they lose copyright? It'd have to be in their investor statement, right?