A local example. As I understand it, Congress is trying to put together a spending bill. Amazingly, a Cincinnati company, Chiquita, has "persuaded" a local Congressman to insert a provision allowing Chiquita (which contols every bananna sold in the US) the right to control new competition in the banana import business. A New York paper (NY Times?) broke the story and it's made news here. So the rider will probably, rightfully, get peeled and discarded. :) bananna humor! I'm SO funny! Kakki said: > the U.S. system has not only built-in checks and balances, but also > a multitude of "watchdog" and advocacy groups that are always right on any > Govenmental actions that may be going in the wrong direction. Lama
