Annual Lobbying Spending Across Major U.S. Industries
by kendramayer2017 on Oct 15, 2014 | Views: 162 | Score: 1
Lobbying expenditure in 2013 | |
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Pharmaceuticals/Health Products | 226429456 |
Insurance | 153467759 |
Oil & Gas | 144941531 |
Computers/Internet | 141613648 |
Electric Utilities | 129927074 |
Sources:
opensecrets.org
The pharmaceutical and health products industry spent over $40 million more in 2013 on lobbying than any other industry. If that fact isn't shocking enough, then consider the Pharm/Health industry's spending in 2013 was actually a 10 million dollar cut from its 2012 spending ($236,140,389).
And that was a non-national election year.
Let me think... If we...the ordinary citizens (as ignorant as we are, Mr. Gruber)are not there after we elect these guys & gals, then WHO fills the vacuum?? Lobbyists!
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Unfortunately, we have made it increasingly easy for big business to worm its way into politics. How much different from straight out blackmail is it really for a corporation or industry to threaten to switch campaign funding to your rival if you don't vote a certain way in Congress?