Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

xchrom

(108,903 posts)
Thu Dec 27, 2012, 05:58 AM Dec 2012

for wall street it 'Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward Remington'

http://www.nationofchange.org/wall-street-it-s-peace-earth-goodwill-toward-remington-1356534648

Despite an epidemic of gun deaths, the river of gun cash never stops flowing. If you follow that river upstream you’ll see that its source lies very close to Wall Street. And the river’s mouth speaks with the voice of politicians, whose campaign fundraising is undoubtedly taking place even on this supposedly holy day for most of them.

‘Tis the season to be lobbied.

“More than 50 firearms-related companies have given at least $14.8 million” to the National Rifle Association, Bloomberg News reports - and that’s just the money we know about. The NRA spent nearly $25 million in the last election cycle alone.True to form, the NRA’s chief said this week that we need more guns in the schools to end the killing of our children.

That’s like spreading a flu virus to stop an epidemic.

But Wayne La Pierre did his job. Everybody’s talking about how crazy he is. Nobody’s talking about how crazy we are for tolerating this situation – or how immoral our corporate class is for financing it.
Latest Discussions»General Discussion»for wall street it 'Peace...