Government is FOR-SALE
Overall Spending For Federal Lobbying (7/1/05-12/31/05): $1,201,255,222
Average: $200,209,204 per month.
Leading Sector Spending For Federal Lobbying (7/1/05-12/31/05):
1. Health Care $183,324,757
2. Communication, Technology $158,841,159
3. Finance, Insurance $155,734,737
4. Energy, Natural Resources $92,525,968
5. Transportation $90,645,605
6. Business - Retail, Services $86,514,946
7. Miscellaneous $79,726,535
8. Defense $52,008,222
9. Manufacturing $51,695,791
10. City/County $47,032,198
11. Agriculture $40,364,028
12. Single-Issue Groups $39,881,570
13. Real Estate/Construction $32,017,367
14. Foreign Countries $18,423,869
15. Law $16,579,872
16. Organized Labor $13,643,353
17. Undetermined $12,555,967
18. State/Territories $8,118,766
19. Public Employees $2,671,000
Notice what's at the top of the list.
Hmmmmm . . . and we wonder why healthcare is so expensive ? ! ?
Just think if all those billions were spent on something constructive.
Is giving all that money to politicians making them more responsible?
90% of elections are won by the candidate that spends the most.
However, 83% of all federal campaign donations (of $200 or more) come from a tiny 0.15% of all 200 million eligible U.S. voters. That is only a mere 300,000 people out of all 200,000,000 eligible U.S. voters. That means the remaining 99.85% of U.S. voters are being out-represented. It won't end as long as too many voters reward politicians for that by continually re-electing the candidates that spend the most money. That is, 90% of elections are won by the candidate that spends the most money.
Is that the kind of goverment we want?
Because the average American is being vastly out-spent.
How is rewarding politicians for that, repeatedly re-electing them, and giving them a cu$hy 90% re-election rate going to make them more responsible and accountable?
Government will not become more responsible and accountable until voters do too?
The solution is so simple.
Stop Repeat Offenders.
Don't Reward Them.
Don't Re-Elect Them.
Just $3 each. Each order helps VOID raise funds to spread the Vote Out Incumbents message around the country.
Comments
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Posted by: TimC | October 8, 2007 1:38 PM