Tuesday, October 07, 2008

From the interesting Correlation department: According to MAPLight.org, members of congress that voted for the bailout receive about 50% more in campaign contributions from bank lobbies, than those who voted no. Of course, that is not something that these congressmen and women would EVER take into account with voting, right?

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (at MAPLight.org)

Center for Responsive Politics
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (at MAPLight.org)

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Isaac said...
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Unknown said...

i wonder if there is a country where bribery is actually illegal.

Ricky Gonzalez said...

It's illegal everywhere, but the only places it isn't common practice is probably Anarchist countries.

Unknown said...

i mean what you described in your post is to me a legal way to do it - so how is it illegal?

Isaac said...
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