tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post2071251907854540440..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: My former student on the front page of the New York TimesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-37862019431275190562011-07-11T00:42:01.841-04:002011-07-11T00:42:01.841-04:00I don't know that it is a good thing to become...I don't know that it is a good thing to become a representative for any one industry, but as far as the wrongs done by congress, this one certainly does not float to the top. I have no idea what the new content of the story was, but no doubt it was cheaper than a real investigation of congressional abuses.michael perelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01520556020371833990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-52018379541098722962011-07-07T00:48:56.012-04:002011-07-07T00:48:56.012-04:00I gather he's one of about 200 Congressmen wit...I gather he's one of about 200 Congressmen with an interest in the wine business. That's about one out of three Congressmen.<br /><br />I somehow doubt that this one Congresscritter is singlehandedly screwing up the US tax code and agricultural policy all for his own parochial interest. What it suggests instead is that the US has become a major power in the wine world, a la France. We grow the stuff, we drink it, we import it, we export it -- and we pass laws affecting all of that. Your friend is a legislator who has real world experience in something germane to the US economy, and I'm inclined to regard that as a Good Thing.mike shupphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08383379836883992742noreply@blogger.com