Open Secrets tracks the money in the health care debate

[DrToast]

Open Secrets has a good piece up about all the money involved in the health care debate.

Ready to throw up?

Contributions from the Health Sector to Congress


The whole thing is worth a read: http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2009/06/diagnosis-reform.html

[masuki bance]

1. Nice trick that 2010 number. nt

[DrToast]

2. I don't think there's been reporting on 2010 yet...

That's why that number is so small.

[FormerDittoHead]

3. Yes. How can there be ANY data on 2010 and NOTHING on 2009?

I'm thinking the 2009 numbers, however, will force a scale adjustment of the graph.

[DrToast]

5. Those are election cycles displayed on the chart.

[FormerDittoHead]

12. Got it. n/t

[ThomCat]

9. It is possible to have already committed money to someone who next

comes up for reelection in 2010. If you've given money for their reelection campaign then it's sitting there for the 2010 election. :shrug:

I don't know how that's so hard to figure out.

[masuki bance]

11. My bad. Thank you all who have let me know.

[redqueen]

4. Utterly unsurprising.

[slipslidingaway]

6. Note the shift to Dems in 2008 n/t

[DrToast]

8. Yep...the money flows to the power. nt

[slipslidingaway]

14. And the money is paying off so far. n/t

[fascisthunter]

7. well... there ya go... people die so politicians can keep their jobs

seems we have an incentive in this country to let people die for someone elses gain... sick.

[nc4bo]

10. How discouraging for us. Bought and paid for politicians is an understatement.

Time to do some letter writing and phone calling and when the time is right, folks need to vote these turds out of office.

Edited to add: Just imagine if all this blood money was used to actually HELP people instead of some crony, sleaze bag politician's pockets! Damn.

[dgibby]

13. Maybe we should go after them for money laundering.

We pay for insurance and the money ends up in Congress. What's wrong with this picture?