When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed.
What I have come to realize over the twenty years when I have worked in different roles as a legislator is that no legislation is as good as the enforcement of it.
Politicians love regulating. That's part of the whole power structure.
It's wherever business rules, business is going to get the politicians they want because they control the money and money controls the power.
When governments are selling, you should be buying. And when governments are defaulting, we should look at that as an opportunity.
The U.S. automotive industry has been selling cars the same way for over 100 years, and there are many laws in place to govern exactly how that is to be accomplished.
The legislator learns that when you talk a lot, you get in trouble. You have to listen a lot to make deals.
An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought.
The laws that we adopt embody the values and mores of our constituents.
While legislation obviously is political, we now have allowed regulation to become politicized, which we believe will likely lead to some bad outcomes.
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