"All the justice that money can buy"
All the justice that money can buy
by Jed Lewison at the Daily Kos
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/25/1294648/-All-the-justice-that-money-can-buy
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As state courts across the nation prepare to referee numerous public pension reform disputes, a gaggle of interested parties from major corporations to the Koch brothers will next week sponsor an expenses-paid conference on public pension reform for judges who may decide the cases fates.
Conference funders, which include ExxonMobil, Google and Wal-Mart, could benefit from efforts to slash benefits for public employees. Alternative approaches to shore up state budgets would likely require higher corporate taxes, fewer corporate subsidies and reduced government services, all of which would be bad for business.
The three-day gathering in a Charleston, S.C., hotel is hosted by George Mason Universitys Law & Economics Center.
Other funders include the Koch brothers, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Ford, and General Electric. But since this is a symposium for supposedly impartial and unbiased judges, there won't be any ideological tilt to the conference will there? Just kidding:
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