Cable would eventually be able to provide 50 channels--50 special-interest broadcasts instead of one mass broadcasts.
It is choked with exemptions, preferences, credits, subsidies, special-interest favors, phase-ins, phase-outs and grandfather clauses.
But Amazon and the others will find it harder to compete in special-interest categories.
Special-interest groups, too, are deeply invested, and thus highly engaged in the politics of entitlement reform.
More people with similar incomes will pay different taxes due to the increase in special-interest tax breaks.
The party that puts an end to this cycle will win over a significant Latino special-interest group.
Some senior commission officials fret about a ticking time-bomb of populism, waiting to be triggered by special-interest groups.
Third: President Obama has promised to lead the most ethical administration, one immune from the corruption of special-interest politics.
Indeed, the flow of money in and out of campaign and special-interest war chests is less transparent than ever.
But the evidence suggests that large spending by special-interest groups by no means guarantees the passage of a measure.
LDP's more reactionary wing may prevail, with the party remaining heavily committed to big public-spending programmes and special-interest politics.
We reject calls to raise taxes, but revenue nevertheless remains steady under our budget because we close special-interest loopholes.
In a word, these special- interest interventions ultimately lead to socially regressive results.
Every special-interest group that benefits from the current system, of which there are many, would fund the campaign against it.
In political terms, this special-interest group is neither special, nor one interest.
Special-interest groups are pushing Gov. Spitzer to do pretty much that, rallying as recently as Saturday to try to force his hand.
The high court's 5-4 ruling also upheld the law's restrictions on political advertising by special-interest groups in the weeks prior to an election.
Then Koryo books in special-interest travelers such as roller coaster fanatics.
When politicians grant special favors to a certain industry or a particular union, such decisions necessarily mean that market forces are being replaced by special-interest deal-making.
When money is created for political purposes, including the purposes of special-interest groups, it is less useful for its natural social function, the facilitation of trade.
But today, thanks to unprecedented levels of special-interest political money, and a flood of secret and unlimited cash, ordinary voters are being left on the sidelines.
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And among defence experts who are not beholden to any special-interest group, there is a growing consensus that the Pentagon has been too slow to adjust.
The government defines the minimum benefit package, which has been subject to expansion from special-interest lobbying, and is more comprehensive and less consumer-driven than it could be.
If it becomes burdened with hundreds of extra special-interest provisions, as Smoot-Hawley was, and wins passage because of them as Smoot-Hawley did, Schumer-Somebody will retire the trophy.
According to the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP), a group that tracks special-interest spending, more than 476 organizations lobbied on Capitol Hill for agriculture issues in 2006.
That is why Cut, Balance and Grow also phases out corporate loopholes and special-interest tax breaks to provide a level playing field for employers of all sizes.
One would like to believe that someone has something better in mind this time around than this quixotic and opportunistic kind of unplanned land use and special-interest development.
Tax reform will close special-interest loopholes to help lower rates.
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Before elections, candidates of both parties are happy to boast about their clever get-out-the-vote operations, special-interest campaigns or ballot initiatives designed to lure specific voter groups to the polls.
Mr Boehner suggested "special-interest loopholes in the tax code, both corporate and personal" could be eliminated, as he advocated "entitlement reform as well as tax reform with lower rates".
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