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Government of the Lobbyists, by the Lobbyists, for the Lobbyists…

September 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Economics, Politics

There were 14,000 lobbyists in Washington, D.C. in 2008. Those 14,000 lobbyists spent $3.3 billion dollars. That means that, in order to lobby for the health insurance lobby, the media, the oil companies, the financial companies and, yes, the unions spend $6,128,224 for each member of Congress. How much did you spend last year on [...]

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