The least surprising information ever

[babylonsister]

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The least surprising information ever
By: Attaturk Thursday July 16, 2009 1:30 am


All that's standing between you and health care reform...uh oh.


Hard to believe the GOP is so determined to confine themselves to irrelevancy by opposing health care reform. But at least they can be bought. Yesterday's party line vote in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, to pass reform which included a "public option" showed where the insurance and pharma lobby is putting their $1.4 million a day:

* Those members who voted "no" today have received $1.1 million more on average from the health sector since 1989 than those who voted "yes" ($2.2 million versus $1.1 million). This includes contributions from the employees and political action committees of health companies to the lawmakers' candidate committees and leadership PACs.

* Those members who voted "no" have received $118, 227 more on average from insurance companies than those who voted "yes" -- $250,000 compared to $131,800. This includes health and accident insurers, HMOs and health services.

* Those members who voted "no" have received $266,182 more on average from pharmaceutical and health product companies than those who voted "yes" -- $520,100 compared to $253,950.

This information not of interest to most mainstream media reporters. Those servile emails to Republican philanderers won't write themselves.

[sellitman]

1. Both sides take the money.

Or we would have Single Payer as the answer.

Until bribery is made illegal in US Politics the Corporations win and we loose.

[Coyote_Bandit]

2. +1

which is one of the reasons I will not be voting for some Dems when they seek re-election.

I'd prefer a Dem Congress and President but I do not want officeholders who have been paid off. No more voting for the best of two bad choices here - regardless of the label they claim. In the future I will vote for a candidate - or I will abstain from voting.

[tularetom]

3. We have 150,000 members at DU - if we each spent $10 per day

that's $1.5 million and we could buy our own senators to ensure this thing got passed. Say it takes 2 months - each DU'er would be out $600. A fair sum of money to be sure but chump change compared to what they would spend on private health insurance premiums.

I'm amazed at how cheap these legislators are willing to sell themselves.