http://www.openmarket.org/2007/12/25/class-action-abuses-highlighted/ The Competitive Enterprise Institute Blog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:16:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.openmarket.org/2007/12/25/class-action-abuses-highlighted/#comment-51777 Class Action Lawsuits Fund Diversity Racket and Special Interest Lobbying | OpenMarket.org Fri, 30 May 2008 15:13:36 +0000 http://www.openmarket.org/2007/12/25/class-action-abuses-highlighted/#comment-51777 [...] vetoes it.  I earlier wrote in the Washington Post about how class-action lawsuit “settlements intended to benefit consumers get paid instead to groups that lobby for affirmative acti....”  Some of these same groups are slated to receive taxpayer money under earmarks in federal [...] [...] vetoes it.  I earlier wrote in the Washington Post about how class-action lawsuit “settlements intended to benefit consumers get paid instead to groups that lobby for affirmative acti….”  Some of these same groups are slated to receive taxpayer money under earmarks in federal [...]

]]> http://www.openmarket.org/2007/12/25/class-action-abuses-highlighted/#comment-51778 Class Action Lawsuits Fund Diversity Racket and Special Interest Lobbying | OpenMarket.org Fri, 30 May 2008 15:13:36 +0000 http://www.openmarket.org/2007/12/25/class-action-abuses-highlighted/#comment-51778 [...] vetoes it.  I earlier wrote in the Washington Post about how class-action lawsuit “settlements intended to benefit consumers get paid instead to groups that lobby for affirmative acti....”  Some of these same groups are slated to receive taxpayer money under earmarks in federal [...] [...] vetoes it.  I earlier wrote in the Washington Post about how class-action lawsuit “settlements intended to benefit consumers get paid instead to groups that lobby for affirmative acti….”  Some of these same groups are slated to receive taxpayer money under earmarks in federal [...]

]]> http://www.openmarket.org/2007/12/25/class-action-abuses-highlighted/#comment-51779 Class Action Lawsuits Fund Diversity Racket and Special Interest Lobbying | OpenMarket.org Fri, 30 May 2008 15:13:36 +0000 http://www.openmarket.org/2007/12/25/class-action-abuses-highlighted/#comment-51779 [...] vetoes it.  I earlier wrote in the Washington Post about how class-action lawsuit “settlements intended to benefit consumers get paid instead to groups that lobby for affirmative acti....”  Some of these same groups are slated to receive taxpayer money under earmarks in federal [...] [...] vetoes it.  I earlier wrote in the Washington Post about how class-action lawsuit “settlements intended to benefit consumers get paid instead to groups that lobby for affirmative acti….”  Some of these same groups are slated to receive taxpayer money under earmarks in federal [...]

]]> http://www.openmarket.org/2007/12/25/class-action-abuses-highlighted/#comment-49366 Housing Bill Contains Left-Wing Pork: Subsidies for La Raza | OpenMarket.org Mon, 05 May 2008 21:45:44 +0000 http://www.openmarket.org/2007/12/25/class-action-abuses-highlighted/#comment-49366 [...] (Class action money ends up being diverted to political causes irrelevant to most consumers, like lobbying for affirmative action).   We wrote earlier about Barney Frank’s terrible mortgage bailout bill and how it would [...] [...] (Class action money ends up being diverted to political causes irrelevant to most consumers, like lobbying for affirmative action).   We wrote earlier about Barney Frank’s terrible mortgage bailout bill and how it would [...]

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