Slouching Towards Oblivion

Thursday, January 04, 2018

The Big Score


MapLight:

U.S.-based multinational corporations that stand to benefit from a system that gives preferential treatment to foreign income have spent more than $82 million on lobbying in Washington since the beginning of the year.

The arithmetic:

Each YES vote in Congress cost these guys an average of $295,000. 
And the really big ones could realize a tax windfall in the billions of dollars over the next 10 years.

It's not a bad idea to look like a single-issue voter - telling every candidate you're most likely to vote for the ones who want to push back hard against Citizens United.

These people have to spend hours on the phone every day begging for money - and most of them say they hate it.

So at least put it at or near the top of your list of issues, and mention it every time you say anything about politics.

Citizen's United
Gerrymandering
Voter ID

Take your country back from the Rent-Seekers and their Coin-Operated Politicians.

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