Banks Spent Billions on Lobbying

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A recent Huffington Post article by Dan Froomkin and Paul Blumenthal which focused on how much money the banks have spent on lobbying. Cenk Uygur discusses this amazing number and why the banks spend so much money on lobbying the federal government.

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  • But ummmmmmmmmmmm ? Why is lobbing allowed anyway?

  • If you have the POWER to PRINT $ who cares how many Billions you spend?

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  • @CBPfilm

    Erm, LOOK AT THE FUNNY CAT!!!!!1

    /watch?v=IytNBm8WA1c

  • Lets turn the question the other way around. Instead of screwing the banks of what they did, what kind of banks do people in America wanted? I am always confused about the financial system in the US, do American want to enforce "moral" law in business? If not, we already have it; if we do, then what is it exactly?

  • Don't worry, I've just found it, I see that it was split up in "lobbying" and "Campaign contributions" :D. I'm presenting a talk on the Occupy movement, I think this slide will be the stand-out and really prove the point!

  • On their website, "opensecrets" /lobby/top.php?showYear=a&inde­xType=c it says that the FIRE sector lobbied $4.857B from 1998-2011. Is this wrong where is the other $2B, can I get some links?

  • Put pressure on these lawyers and companies representing these corrupt banks. RCO LLLC is a company representing JP Morgan Chase, here are some lawyer’s names that are representing JP Morgan Chase. RCO LLLC NUMBER 532-0090

    Charles R. Prather ext. 7664

    Peter K. Keegan ext. 9428

    Michael G.K Wong ext. 7634

    Steven K. Idemoto ext. 9013

  • You guys legalized political corruption and renamed it "lobbying".. over here we prosecute people.

  • ... Oh god, there's like thirteen hours of this stuff O.o; Err... might be a while responding XD

  • @JackofOneTrade567 Thanks, man. I've downloaded Practical Anarchy and Everyday Anarchy as audiobooks. I'll have a listen tonight.

  • @CuriousMoth Also, you're still not getting it. CAPITALISM IS ABOUT CHOICES. It's not a system. It's how people behave without govt interference. What you want me to respond with is the lack of choice. You want me to offer you a new cage after you've shed this once.

    WHATEVER ANSWER I GIVE YOU IS JUST AN OPTION.

  • @CuriousMoth freedomainradioDOTcom/free/boo­ks/FDR_5_PDF_Practical_Anarchy­_Audiobook.pdf

    Try reading that. I wanted to finish it before i responded, but since it's been a while i might as well.

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