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Care to elaborate on a few such cases?
by RickHull 14y ago
Care to elaborate on a few such cases?
- Turing_Machine 14y agoLook at how much Hollywood paid to Lamar Smith for SOPA: http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/industries.php?cycle=2012&cid=N00001811&type=I http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/industries.php?cycle=... It looks like the going rate for a Congressman who is a powerful committee chair is around $100K. A rank-and-file Congressman can usually be had for $10K or so.
- jd 14y agoIt can be insanely profitable. NPR on how some lobbying efforts yield returns of 22,000 percent: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/01/06/144737864/forget-stocks-or-bonds-invest-in-a-lobbyist http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/01/06/144737864/forget-s...