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37375, Why the auto bailout failed
Posted by thedawg, Dec-31-69 06:00 PM
In 2008 UAW gave:
$1,645,450 to House Democrats and $136,000 to Senate Democrats
____$7,000 to House Republicans, and $3,000 to Senate Republicans.
Organized labor as a whole gave:
$55,755,081 to Democrats
_$5,058,469 to Republicans
Since 1990 the UAW gave:
$24,880,050 to Democrats
___$180,200 to Republicans.
Wonder why the banks and financial institutions got bailed out?
In 2008 Financial/Insurance/Real Estate gave:
$216,203,391 to Democrats
$204,704,699 to Republicans.
There's your elected congress at work, proving yet again they have only your best interests in mind.
Sources:
http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?ind=P
http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?ind=F
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gAXcxdrffHLtSt6Efcrg0gdefcdQD951FJH80
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