POLITICAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS BY SECTOR Why is it that banking corporations seem to get just about everything they want from Washington (government bailouts, purchases of toxic assets by the Federal Reserve, pathetic regulations, avoidance of jail time for CEOs who caused the 2008 economic implosion)? Maybe, just maybe, it has something to do with the political campaign contributions (more like investments) handed out to federal elected officials. The FIRE (Finance, Insurance & Real Estate) sector is #1 in the current election cycle...by a lot. Sector / Total $ / % to Dems / % to Repubs 1. Finance/Insur/RealEst / $65,263,847 / 36.3% / 55.7% 2. Other / $39,860,271 / 51.8% / 35.5% 3. Misc Business / $35,912,227 / 39.0% / 53.0% 4. Ideology, Single-Issue / $35,404,409 / 45.9% / 41.9% 5. Lawyers & Lobbyists / $25,655,939 / 65.9% / 31.5% 6. Health / $24,538,283 / 41.8% / 53.4% 7. Labor / $22,495,845 / 52.8% / 7.7% 8. Communications, Electronics / $18,279,820 / 55.7% / 36.7% 9. Energy, Nat Resource / $16,434,322 / 21.9% / 74.9% 10. Agribusiness / $11,630,301 / 26.9% / 69.3% 11. Construction / $11,549,743 / 25.5% / 61.9% 12. Transportation / $10,398,240 / 28.7% / 68.7% 13. Defense / $6,440,517 / 39.0% / 60.5% Source: 2013-14 Election Cycle, opensecrets.org
Posted on: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 15:48:46 +0000
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