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groundloop

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4. Actually, I read an article indicating that buying politicians is very lucrative

Reply to EC (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 03:04 PM

Mar 2012

I wish I could remember where I read it, but someone did a study of how much large corporations spent lobbying and buying politicians versus the size of tax breaks bestowed upon them. Most large corporations made a very handsome return on investment by buying politicians

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