Securities & Investment: Money to Congress
Barack Obama’s #1 Donating Industry
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Here is a great post from Strategic_Thought, where the New York Times defends President Bush trying to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and Barney Frank and Mel Watt, lead the Democrats in defeating that reform.
- ”These two entities — Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — are not facing any kind of financial crisis,” - Barney Frank
Here is Citzen Wells on the Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005, the Republican reform act.
Even more on that Act from the SacUnion.
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Now that you have some perspective, read Stanley Kurtz’s bit of recent news on Barack Obama’s past.
Now go vote for McCain.
September 25th, 2008 - 4:56 pm
That’s misleading Rude, because at the botton of the website it says PACS and individuals. It’s well known that
That’s misleading.
Obama Lifetime contributions:
Individual Contributions $391,163,341 (94%)
PAC Contributions $1,328,223 (0%)
Candidate self-financing $10,500 (0%)
Other $25,716,683 (6%)
McCain Lifetime contributions (this is not equivalent because McCain has had a longer career):
Individual Contributions $182,964,544 (74%)
PAC Contributions $4,948,608 (2%)
Candidate self-financing $3,000 (0%)
Other $45,779,580 (18%)
McCain top 5 Contributers:
Merrill Lynch $306,813
Citigroup Inc $277,251
Goldman Sachs $234,345
Morgan Stanley $234,272
AT&T Inc $192,557
That ain’t chump change.
But you get my point, right? You are barking (no pun intended) up the wrong tree here. They both take money. You couldn’t run in a Presidential Election, without taking big name contributions. Period. Can we get back to important subjects?
September 25th, 2008 - 11:07 pm
It’s PACS and individuals in the industry. Not invidual citizens outside the industry.