What is the price to buy a U.S. Senator's vote?
Jun 25, 2015 6:53:19 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2015 6:53:19 GMT -6
Apparently, it is pretty expensive these days, but it is still little more than orange juice or soy beans. A commodity, to be bought and sold like any other commodity on the markets. Just hit the right price, and a Senator is yours, like a pet poodle. At least for the singular topic you care about.
So..if you embrace the best system money can buy....how much DOES it cost to buy some of it?
For the record...this article is a bit dated and this monstrosity has since passed. Republicans found a way to ram this down the nation's throat, at the bidding of the masters above them. It damn sure isn't in America's best interests, and that is by all who have read this and what it MAKES POSSIBLE (The most important aspect) in what has yet to come.
What a fine system. Indeed... We damn sure don't sell cheap anyway.
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Perhaps cheap is a relative term. The price isn't cheap to our thinking...but what it is buying is like a cheap whore during Fleet Week. Easy enough to find, easier to buy or rent, and usually something to regret deeply later...for one reason or another.
So this is what it looks like, when a Western economy is sold out and allowed to fall apart. Hmmm..... Looks crappy to me.
So..if you embrace the best system money can buy....how much DOES it cost to buy some of it?
A decade in the making, the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is reaching its climax and as Congress hotly debates the biggest trade deal in a generation, its backers have turned on the cash spigot in the hopes of getting it passed.
“We’re very much in the endgame,” US trade representative Michael Froman told reporters over the weekend at a meeting of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum on the resort island of Boracay. His comments came days after TPP passed another crucial vote in the Senate.
“We’re very much in the endgame,” US trade representative Michael Froman told reporters over the weekend at a meeting of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum on the resort island of Boracay. His comments came days after TPP passed another crucial vote in the Senate.
For the record...this article is a bit dated and this monstrosity has since passed. Republicans found a way to ram this down the nation's throat, at the bidding of the masters above them. It damn sure isn't in America's best interests, and that is by all who have read this and what it MAKES POSSIBLE (The most important aspect) in what has yet to come.
Using data from the Federal Election Commission, this chart shows all donations that corporate members of the US Business Coalition for TPP made to US Senate campaigns between January and March 2015, when fast-tracking the TPP was being debated in the Senate:
* Out of the total $1,148,971 given, an average of $17,676.48 was donated to each of the 65 “yea” votes.
* The average Republican member received $19,673.28 from corporate TPP supporters.
* The average Democrat received $9,689.23 from those same donors.
The amounts given rise dramatically when looking at how much each senator running for re-election received.
* Out of the total $1,148,971 given, an average of $17,676.48 was donated to each of the 65 “yea” votes.
* The average Republican member received $19,673.28 from corporate TPP supporters.
* The average Democrat received $9,689.23 from those same donors.
The amounts given rise dramatically when looking at how much each senator running for re-election received.
What a fine system. Indeed... We damn sure don't sell cheap anyway.
* Bennet, Murray, and Wyden – all running for re-election in 2016 – received $105,900 between the three of them. Bennet, who comes from the more purple state of Colorado, got $53,700 in corporate campaign donations between January and March 2015, according to Channing’s research.
* Almost 100% of the Republicans in the US Senate voted for fast-track – the only two non-votes on TPA were a Republican from Louisiana and a Republican from Alaska.
* Senator Rob Portman of Ohio, who is the former US trade representative, has been one of the loudest proponents of the TPP. (In a comment to the Guardian Portman’s office said: “Senator Portman is not a vocal proponent of TPP - he has said it’s still being negotiated and if and when an agreement is reached he will review it carefully.”) He received $119,700 from 14 different corporations between January and March, most of which comes from donations from Goldman Sachs ($70,600), Pfizer ($15,700), and Procter & Gamble ($12,900). Portman is expected to run against former Ohio governor Ted Strickland in 2016 in one of the most politically competitive states in the country.
* Almost 100% of the Republicans in the US Senate voted for fast-track – the only two non-votes on TPA were a Republican from Louisiana and a Republican from Alaska.
* Senator Rob Portman of Ohio, who is the former US trade representative, has been one of the loudest proponents of the TPP. (In a comment to the Guardian Portman’s office said: “Senator Portman is not a vocal proponent of TPP - he has said it’s still being negotiated and if and when an agreement is reached he will review it carefully.”) He received $119,700 from 14 different corporations between January and March, most of which comes from donations from Goldman Sachs ($70,600), Pfizer ($15,700), and Procter & Gamble ($12,900). Portman is expected to run against former Ohio governor Ted Strickland in 2016 in one of the most politically competitive states in the country.
Perhaps cheap is a relative term. The price isn't cheap to our thinking...but what it is buying is like a cheap whore during Fleet Week. Easy enough to find, easier to buy or rent, and usually something to regret deeply later...for one reason or another.
So this is what it looks like, when a Western economy is sold out and allowed to fall apart. Hmmm..... Looks crappy to me.
