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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

"Give me all yolur money" - Ike Skelton

Close your eyes and smell the stink

“ Federal law limits how much corporate political action committees (PACs) can give to members of Congress, but high-powered K Street lobbyists have found a loophole that enables them to give an estimated $50 million to senators and representatives.

The gifts are in the form of dinners honoring the congressmen, according to the Sunlight Foundation, which released a report today describing how lobbyists are using the loophole to direct millions of dollars to influential members of Congress. Executive branch officials, including the president, can also be honored by such events. [Washington Examiner]
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Let's cut to the chase.  Here are the only two  reasons a corporation has for giving money to a member of congress.
  1. They like the cut of  his jib
  2. To buy the congressman's vote, and/or keep him from using the federal bureaucracy to destroy them.
If you accept my supposition then what you'll find below are the names of,and  by degree,  the biggest crooks in congress and their party affiliation. Obviously, there is so much money being thrown around that at some point groups and members may be victims of collateral money bombing.  I think any number in 6 figures is damnable. 

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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous7/12/11, 5:00 PM

    Got to hand it to Ted Kennedy. The guy is good.

    Bobby Ahr

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  2. Anonymous7/12/11, 5:30 PM

    The highest Repub on the list was Richard Lugar, (RINO, IN).
    I'm donating to his opponent in the primary, Richard Mourdouk, a solid conservative.
    What really ticks me off is that big organizations often give substantial amounts to candidates running against one another, I guess with the hope of buying access to the eventual winner.
    That, IMHO, is outright bribery.
    Lt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner dick

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  3. toadold7/12/11, 6:06 PM

    WAy back in the 1960's it was noted that the CEO of an Oil company had pictures of himself with Presidents from both parties on his office wall. When asked about it, he said, "It is a rigged game. If you don't give them campaign funds they'll destroy your company. The only safe thing to do is give money to both sides. What about a legal defense? Who appoints the judges, who rights the regulatory rules. Even if you won by the time it gets through the courts you are out of business and your competitors are feeding off your carcass."

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