Okay You Influence Peddlers, Listen Up… (Public Option with FireDogLake joins the fray)

[Are_grits_groceries]

Jon Walker sends this along today, regarding the money you gave to the 65 candidates who have drawn a line in the sand over the public option:

For a comparison I went to opensecrets.org to see how much money the HMOs and private health insurance companies have given to the federal candidates this year. According to Opensecrets.org, if Firedoglake.com's effort to save the public option was a health insurance company, it would be the single largest donor in terms of candidate donations for the 2010 election cycle. It raised barely less than the total donations from all the different 45 chapters of the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association, which donated a total of $524,606 to federal canidates for 2010. All health service/HMOs companies have given a total of $1,781,080 to federal canidates so far this cycle.*

http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/08/25/okay-you-influence-peddlers-listen-up/

If that's the only language they hear.....

[dgibby]

1. That was one donation I enjoyed making! n/t

[Pharlo]

2. The problem here is that campaign contributions are only

one aspect of the whole picture for politicians.

The other overriding concern is a good paying job offer AFTER their 'public' stint is over. One area where firedoglake won't be able to compete.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

3. That's very true. The lobbying for certain industries is FILLED

to the brim with political relatives. Then there are the BOD seats for the spouses, etc.etc.

There really is no way to compete with the panoply of corruption candy. But its STILL a good thing.