Outside the Beltway

SPECIAL INTERESTS

· Sunday, January 11, 2004 · 2 comments

Rob Smith takes strong exception to Dick Gephardt’s assertion that labor unions, farmers, and the elderly aren’t special interest groups. I concur.

FILED UNDER: Political Theory, ,
James Joyner
About James Joyner
James Joyner is Professor and Department Head of Security Studies at Marine Corps University's Command and Staff College. He's a former Army officer and Desert Storm veteran. Views expressed here are his own. Follow James on Twitter @DrJJoyner.

Comments

  1. John Lemon says:
    Sunday, 11 January 2004 at 23:56

    No, they are “very special” interest groups.

  2. John Lemon says:
    Sunday, 11 January 2004 at 23:59

    I think it is all so funny that politicians can get the public all riled up about “special interests.” I point out to my students that they probably belong to at least a half dozen special interests without them knowing it. As students, they have a state and national lobby that they pay in to. Many belong to the PIRGs without them knowing it. Blah, blah, blah.

    People — read Federelist 10!

    —

Support OTB

Become a Patron

Popular Posts