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It appears that orgaizations with good causes donate the most to ur politicians. In fact, AARP lobbies the most in Washington. There are more money from social organizations than there are from oil and defense. Can someone please verify if I'm doing my research right?I'm actually a Occupy Wall Street Sympathizer.
It appears that orgaizations with good causes donate the most to ur politicians. In fact, AARP lobbies the most in Washington. There are more money from social organizations than there are from oil and defense. Can someone please verify if I'm doing my research right?I'm actually a Occupy Wall Street Sympathizer.
AARP is not exactly a good cause, considering that our country spends an extreme amount for elderly healthcare thanks to their efforts, and it is driving up the costs for working americans.
NAR is up there, too, lobbying for banks. They think they are lobbying for the American homeowner, but things like the mortgage interest deduction and Fannie/Freddie just end up subsidizing banks.
Unions lobby for their own interests, which ultimately comes out of the taxpayer's pockets. If you're in a union maybe it's a good cause, but to me they aren't.
It appears that orgaizations with good causes donate the most tour politicians. In fact, AARP lobbies the most in Washington. There are more money from social organizations than there are from oil and defense. Can someone please verify if I'm doing my research right?I'm actually a Occupy Wall Street Sympathizer.
Good causes are in the eye of the beholder. I consider AARP to be the enemy who sold us out on Obamacare to preserve their own insurance plan.
"Why would AARP, the nation's largest group, supposedly working for the elderly, support an ObamaCare bill? Here is what Dick Morris, former advisor to President Clinton, said: "The interest groups that usually speak up for the elderly, particularly AARP, are in Obama's pocket, hoping to profit from his program by becoming one of its vendors. Just as they backed Bush's prescription drug plan because they anticipated profiting from it, so they are now helping Obama gut the medical care of their constituents."
"The AARP was a driving force behind getting Obamacare through Congress, contributing a large sum to the $121 million advertising campaign pushing it, and spending millions more lobbying for it on Capitol Hill. The senior citizen advocacy organization stands to make huge profits from Medicare Advantage cuts and from the exemptions it will benefit from when it comes to the Medigap plans sold under what AARP CEO A. Barry Rand calls the AARP’s “for-profit side.”
What you are looking at is the result of people who report. Did you check 527? PAC's? When DH was in corporate, they were instructed to contribute to the company PAC and fudge their expenses to get the money back.
The traditional political campaign has been vastly altered by the Supreme court. A political party can outsource all of the normal operations and no one will ever know where the money comes from.
Open Secrets and some of those other reporters do not aggregate contributions. We gave well over the 250 report limit to two presidential candidates last cycle and our name never showed up on any list. We just made to checks for $75 over a 6 month period. Nobody had to report it.
Good causes are in the eye of the beholder. I consider AARP to be the enemy who sold us out on Obamacare to preserve their own insurance plan.
"Why would AARP, the nation's largest group, supposedly working for the elderly, support an ObamaCare bill? Here is what Dick Morris, former advisor to President Clinton, said: "The interest groups that usually speak up for the elderly, particularly AARP, are in Obama's pocket, hoping to profit from his program by becoming one of its vendors. Just as they backed Bush's prescription drug plan because they anticipated profiting from it, so they are now helping Obama gut the medical care of their constituents."
"The AARP was a driving force behind getting Obamacare through Congress, contributing a large sum to the $121 million advertising campaign pushing it, and spending millions more lobbying for it on Capitol Hill. The senior citizen advocacy organization stands to make huge profits from Medicare Advantage cuts and from the exemptions it will benefit from when it comes to the Medigap plans sold under what AARP CEO A. Barry Rand calls the AARP’s “for-profit side.”
I remember when W. Bush tried to have a discussion on the in-solvency of Social Security. AARP ran TV and newspaper ads totally against ANY thing being done to SS.
Look at where SS is now.
AARP gets the majority of its money selling drugs ans insurance.
Big oil/energy is hands down the biggest donor to politicians in the country. They have nearly everyone in the GOP and many on the left on the payroll as well. Their "legit" donations are massive and widespread, but the real money is from their "soft" funds funneled from front groups like the US chamber pumping millions and millions of dollars from hostile islam and communist nations to the GOP.
Big oil/energy is hands down the biggest donor to politicians in the country. They have nearly everyone in the GOP and many on the left on the payroll as well. Their "legit" donations are massive and widespread, but the real money is from their "soft" funds funneled from front groups like the US chamber pumping millions and millions of dollars from hostile islam and communist nations to the GOP.
Do your research Here is from just a quick google search to get you started.
"The Chamber has emerged as the largest lobbying organization in America. It spent $91.7 million on lobbying in 2008, and $144.5 million in 2009, up from $18.7 million in 2000. The Chamber's lobbying expenditures in 2009 were five times as high as the next highest spender: Exxon Mobil, at $27.4 million.[16] The Chamber had more than 150 lobbyists from 25 different firms working on its behalf in 2009."
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