The folks at BlueNC have discovered some eye-opening info about our favorite U.S. senator, Richard Burr (R-NC). It turns out that the man whom many call Sen. Do-Little has actually been pretty busy, although not, as Burr claims, busy “working for North Carolinians.” Rather, says the BlueNC investigation, Burr has been preoccupied helping the German-owned Bayer Corporation. It seems that 45 of the 72 bills authored by Burr in 2009 — 60 percent of his output, in other words — were duty or tariff reductions on a variety of chemical compounds used in drug manufacturing – reductions sought by Bayer through its favorite lobbying group, Implu. Tariff reductions for foreign-owned chemical companies amount to lending a hand, and higher profits, to companies that compete against America’s and North Carolina’s chemical producers. In other words, Burr isn’t just a regular Congressional corporate stooge, he’s doing most of his legislative legwork for foreign corporations. I guess he’ll next claim to be a great “internationalist.
This article appears in Apr 27 – May 3, 2010.
Burr is for free trade. Tariffs on chemical encipients produced abroad increase drug prices for US consumers. Reducing tariffs makes drugs more affordable, reduces healthcare costs, and
Sen Burr clearly sided with the citizens of NC and the USA. I might add that many “foreign” companies have large facilities and thousand of employees in NC and throughout the USA.
Burr is a criminal and Frank Griffin would have said something completely different if Burr was a Democrat instead of a sickening repub.
Selfish? Give us a break. Best for America? Yes, George Bush LYING and taking us to war was what was the very best for America!
My memory is just fine you bastard. The Democrats along with most everyone was in favor of the war after everyone LIED to them about the evidence. A huge scheme by Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld/Condelleza. I hope they all rot in hell for what they did to us.