Political contrib shaping bailout bill

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Registered: 10-25-2006
Political contrib shaping bailout bill
Thu, 10-02-2008 - 11:23am

It seems that political contributions from the finance sector are driving our congressmen's votes on the bailout bills, rather than common sense. They have almost tripled over the last ten years, compared to the previous decade.

Even though the Dems were in control of Congress the last two years the GOP still got more from the finance sector, well, at least until this year when they came begging for help. At the site below you can also see the contributions by each industry within the finance sector.

http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?ind=F

We really need a bailout plan supported by independent economists, and not one promoted by the financial industry.

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