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" ... Nor should anyone discount the impact of lobbying by financial firms and their allies in for instance the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable. The kinds of pressure these elements could bring could water down new regulations considerably, even those that do not require legislation. In this regard, it is worth considering that Joe Biden has at least 40 current and former lobbyists on his transition team. What is more, during Biden’s more than 40 years in the Senate, he worked closely and amicably with many now serving as lobbyists. Indeed, many current lobbyists are former Biden aids. Perhaps more telling is that Biden, unlike Trump and Obama before him, has so far refused to exclude lobbyists from consideration for government positions. To be sure, there is zero evidence that Biden ever did favors for former associates when they acted as lobbyists, but that does not entirely discount their power to affect the actions of this incoming administration. ... "
" ... Sympathy requires a sense of kinship. You’ve gone through what the other has. Too many members in Congress are so far removed from regular people that they’ve forgotten what it’s like to have kinship, except maybe with lobbyists and the corporate executives who send over the campaign contributions. ... "
" ... The abstract notes that in many countries, health lobbyists, “…argue that the negative effects of alcoholic drinking on individual consumers’ health and their social behavior, and the externalities that can impose on their household and on society more generally, require high taxes on alcohol consumption in addition to other regulations.” ... "
" ... There may not be free lunch in New York, but there is in Washington, D.C. for U.S. airlines after the Senate passed a $2 trillion stimulus plan. The deal does not represent who in travel and aerospace needs the most help. Instead, it reflects the loudest voices from industry, unions and lobbyists. ... "
" ... This is certainly not the time for legislators, bank regulators, or rating agencies to take their eyes off banks’ risk management. And it certainly is not the time to listen to bank lobbyists or legislators who may want to lower banks’ capital, leverage, liquidity or stress testing requirements. Low interest rate margins and rising corporate defaults means that banks will have to increase their loan loss reserves to cope with expected losses as well as their capital levels to help them sustain unexpected losses. ... "