McCain - who's contributing and from where?

[radfringe]

www.opensecrets.org


John McCain - top contributors: a veritable who's who of the bailout list
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.php?cycle=2008&cid=N00006424

Merrill Lynch $298,413
Citigroup Inc $269,251
Morgan Stanley $233,272
Goldman Sachs $208,395
JPMorgan Chase & Co $179,975
AT&T Inc $174,487
Blank Rome LLP $150,426
Credit Suisse Group $150,025
Greenberg Traurig LLP $146,787
UBS AG $140,165
PricewaterhouseCoopers $140,120
US Government $137,617
Bank of America $129,475
Wachovia Corp $122,846
Lehman Brothers $117,500
FedEx Corp $113,453
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher $104,250
US Army $103,613
Bear Stearns $99,300
Pinnacle West Capital $97,700

Sector totals:
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/indus.php?cycle=2008&cid=N00006424

Agribusiness $2,278,554
Communications/Electronics $3,476,025
Construction $3,717,548
Defense $445,051
Energy & Natural Resources $2,831,322
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate $22,108,926
Health $5,108,352
Lawyers & Lobbyists $8,801,162
Transportation $1,980,539
Misc Business $10,572,141
Labor $10,250
Ideological/Single-Issue $1,957,955
Other $26,928,560

[ColbertWatcher]

1. WTF! Why is the US Army listed there? n/t

[radfringe]

2. I'm guesing it's the name of a company and NOT the official us army

if you notice US Government is also listed...

[ColbertWatcher]

3. But why are either listed? That just stinks. n/t

[MiniMe]

4. I don't see the US Army, I see the defense industry

That would be the contractors, etc who are profiting on the war.

[madokie]

5. here tiz

Merrill Lynch $298,413
Citigroup Inc $269,251
Morgan Stanley $233,272
Goldman Sachs $208,395
JPMorgan Chase & Co $179,975
AT&T Inc $174,487
Blank Rome LLP $150,426
Credit Suisse Group $150,025
Greenberg Traurig LLP $146,787
UBS AG $140,165
PricewaterhouseCoopers $140,120
US Government $137,617
Bank of America $129,475
Wachovia Corp $122,846
Lehman Brothers $117,500
FedEx Corp $113,453
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher $104,250
US Army $103,613
Bear Stearns $99,300
Pinnacle West Capital $97,700

[MiniMe]

6. Interesting. Thanks!

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