Somehow — it’s a puzzle to me — the heads of a number of essentially anti-capitalist, fantasy-land advocacy groups manage to live with themselves and the terrible human damage they do while simultaneously excoriating others, mainly corporations that have helped give this country an historically unmatchable standard of living.
Take, for instance, Joan Claybrook, who a while back was oozing indignation on PBS’ Lehrer “NewsHour” about the millions showered upon Washington lobbyists who then bribe our elected officials into making America miserable. “For 50 years, we haven’t had health care in this country because of lobbyists,” she fumed.
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