How Big Business Could End the Shutdown Overnight

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Business leaders have been increasingly vocal in their displeasure with Congress over the ongoing federal shutdown. But so far, there’s one crucial thing they haven’t done: clamp off the campaign contributions that are the lifeblood of American politics.

Members of Congress love to wax patriotic about carrying out the will of the American people, blah blah blah. But money is the thing that really gets their attention. And the business lobby is where the money is. Business groups contribute more than 70% of the donations that fund political campaigns, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. With campaigns costlier than ever, that gives the business lobby considerable leverage in terms of getting their way with politicians.

So if business groups really became determined to end the government shutdown and the standoff over extending the federal debt ceiling, declaring a moratorium on campaign contributions ought to do the trick.

http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/big-business-could-end-shutdown-overnight-162231673.html

[jeff47]

1. If that were true, the shutdown would already be over.

Big business financed the Republicans and helped them line up teabagger-types as foot soldiers.

The politicians now have their army. They don't particularly need the donations from big business. Which is why big business is currently freaking out - they have finally realized that they have lost control.