As early as next tues. the house committee will have a hearing on the baseball steroid abuse. With all the other issues, such as health care, the war, social security problems, etc. why is this pushed to the forefront? Why are they not haveing hearings on the problems that face everyday americans?
2007-12-13 23:36:47 · 5 answers · asked by canam 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
What a great question.....public image maybe.
2007-12-13 23:45:24 · answer #1 · answered by Nic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first off, i can see no constitutional justification whatsoever for government to get involved in baseball..but that's never stopped them before!
secondly, legislative bodies that rely on elections to keep their jobs have to do something, and since they are impotent when it comes to fixing the real problems they often focus on bogus issues like this just to make it look like they are doing something to justify re-election...politics is a shell game...if you think you know where the pea is, you're wrong! the pea simply isn't!!
2007-12-14 07:47:34 · answer #2 · answered by mrjones502003 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. They spent $40 million to tell us what we already knew. It gave them something to do to look busy while they dodge their real duties.
What a joke. This Democrat Congress is easily as bad as the preveous Republican, and possibly the worst ever. I think their approval rating is the worst ever - anyone have any stats on this?
2007-12-14 07:45:15 · answer #3 · answered by doug4jets 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No most of it happened when it was legal anyway, How about baseball take care of their own problems and the corrupt politicians look into our nations real problems
2007-12-14 08:34:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Government is involved because professional baseball has been granted exemption from anti-trust laws.
2007-12-14 08:02:17 · answer #5 · answered by Jeff F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋