One of the most well-known rules of journalism is Anglo-Saxon 'follow the money', ie follow the money if you really want to understand how things work. In the case of his election as U.S. president of Barack Obama, it is instructive to apply that rule ... unfortunately. The Democrat has raised a grand total of 640 million dollars for his race for the White House , of \u200b\u200bwhich a large part by so-called individual contributions. Certainly it is a great mass of individual donations of ordinary people, activists, groups of volunteers, it is undeniable have been crucial to the success of their pet. But we can not know what percentage of that money came instead from areas a little less 'clean'. I also remember it is only right that the African American has refused all of the federal contribution to his campaign. This note is very uplifting for sure, but if you take a look at other details, alas, the picture changes. You discover things that are of concern, and that confirms what I wrote in " Obama? Rejoicing with caution, many .
A first look at the data published by the Federal Election Commission brings out the presence of American 'hawks' of finance Wall Street among the major groups that have poured into the coffers of the new president, the same that played marbles with the economic future of the planet, until the collapse of these days: Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley among others. In the comparison between the two contenders for the White House, Obama beats McCain received 2,185,869 to $ 2,938,556 in commercial banks . When one considers the wildest speculators of American finance, namely the Hedge Funds, the black president beat the defeated white with a considerable margin: $ 2,637,578 to 1,561,865 . This perhaps explains one of the less edifying details of Obama's political past: the his vote in Congress in favor of the rescue package by U.S. taxpayers shelled out directly into the pockets of Wall Street a few weeks ago, which not only cost you sweat and pain to millions of citizens for years to come, but that does not solve even one of the structural problems of crazy finance of that country.
continue. Of note, between the lines, those $ 34,454 that Barack Obama has pocketed by the tobacco industry. Not really for those who present themselves as moral 'clean', for reasons too obvious to even be mentioned. But a very bad surprise comes when you find the entries for the pharmaceutical giants : Obama has taken $ 1,662,280 from these giants of speculation on the health, 579,013 of the poor against McCain . The thing is serious, since the interests of Big Pharma are directly related to the maintenance of the privatized American health care system, due to social inequalities horrendous. Moreover, given that the multinational drug companies are doing in the Third World, where still deny life-saving drugs or discounts on patents to many desperate people, again it is hard to find a moral in this aspect of Obama. It begins to peek here something of the reality behind his rhetoric proclaims.
Under Communications and Electronics is still stunned. The Democratic Waste McCain with a sum five times higher, $ 21,600,186 against 4,308,349 . The serious thing in this case is to understand who actually campaigning in that category: some of the most deadly industry of Star Wars American spying and wiretapping. Maybe that's why Obama voted to Congress the infamous FISA law, that which allows spying on Americans or immigrants seen as 'aliens', politically uncomfortable, and that was bitterly contested by all major groups for Civil Rights. In addition, the more specific heading on campaign contributors from industry war, again Obama beats the Republicans, with $ 870,165 against 647,313 .
Another area of \u200b\u200bconcern that funding is that of the health sector and insurance. I have already said and written that the health reform suggested by the new president to leave things as they are, in essence, with only cosmetic changes. Translated, this means that the big insurance companies will remain the arbiters of the health of Americans, especially the 44 million of them now have no service. The citizens of that country and desperately calling for a majority in the public health system, free and funded by taxes, which is clearly shown by the polls but not the American press nor from our own. Obama received a grand total of $ 49,408,792 from the fund and health insurance, McCain 33,286,626. I'm not peanuts, and especially not given grant . I have been understanding?
Finally, we arrive at the theme of the influence on the candidates by lobbyists and professions that count. Barack Obama has sought to reassure America that he was the candidate of the interests of the average person, the average family, but also the poor, the disadvantaged. Ok, without further ado here are the figures. The American influential lobbyists and law firms (which have enormous power in the U.S.) gave the young candidate victorious three times what they gave to McCain: $ 37,122,161 for the first and only 10,765,423 for the second . These are not idealists with his eyes lost in the clouds, the characters are, indeed, birds of prey that see very well ... Why have Obama winning?
repeat. Rejoicing with caution. A lot.
Paul Barnard
source: misinformation
A first look at the data published by the Federal Election Commission brings out the presence of American 'hawks' of finance Wall Street among the major groups that have poured into the coffers of the new president, the same that played marbles with the economic future of the planet, until the collapse of these days: Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley among others. In the comparison between the two contenders for the White House, Obama beats McCain received 2,185,869 to $ 2,938,556 in commercial banks . When one considers the wildest speculators of American finance, namely the Hedge Funds, the black president beat the defeated white with a considerable margin: $ 2,637,578 to 1,561,865 . This perhaps explains one of the less edifying details of Obama's political past: the his vote in Congress in favor of the rescue package by U.S. taxpayers shelled out directly into the pockets of Wall Street a few weeks ago, which not only cost you sweat and pain to millions of citizens for years to come, but that does not solve even one of the structural problems of crazy finance of that country.
continue. Of note, between the lines, those $ 34,454 that Barack Obama has pocketed by the tobacco industry. Not really for those who present themselves as moral 'clean', for reasons too obvious to even be mentioned. But a very bad surprise comes when you find the entries for the pharmaceutical giants : Obama has taken $ 1,662,280 from these giants of speculation on the health, 579,013 of the poor against McCain . The thing is serious, since the interests of Big Pharma are directly related to the maintenance of the privatized American health care system, due to social inequalities horrendous. Moreover, given that the multinational drug companies are doing in the Third World, where still deny life-saving drugs or discounts on patents to many desperate people, again it is hard to find a moral in this aspect of Obama. It begins to peek here something of the reality behind his rhetoric proclaims.
Under Communications and Electronics is still stunned. The Democratic Waste McCain with a sum five times higher, $ 21,600,186 against 4,308,349 . The serious thing in this case is to understand who actually campaigning in that category: some of the most deadly industry of Star Wars American spying and wiretapping. Maybe that's why Obama voted to Congress the infamous FISA law, that which allows spying on Americans or immigrants seen as 'aliens', politically uncomfortable, and that was bitterly contested by all major groups for Civil Rights. In addition, the more specific heading on campaign contributors from industry war, again Obama beats the Republicans, with $ 870,165 against 647,313 .
Another area of \u200b\u200bconcern that funding is that of the health sector and insurance. I have already said and written that the health reform suggested by the new president to leave things as they are, in essence, with only cosmetic changes. Translated, this means that the big insurance companies will remain the arbiters of the health of Americans, especially the 44 million of them now have no service. The citizens of that country and desperately calling for a majority in the public health system, free and funded by taxes, which is clearly shown by the polls but not the American press nor from our own. Obama received a grand total of $ 49,408,792 from the fund and health insurance, McCain 33,286,626. I'm not peanuts, and especially not given grant . I have been understanding?
Finally, we arrive at the theme of the influence on the candidates by lobbyists and professions that count. Barack Obama has sought to reassure America that he was the candidate of the interests of the average person, the average family, but also the poor, the disadvantaged. Ok, without further ado here are the figures. The American influential lobbyists and law firms (which have enormous power in the U.S.) gave the young candidate victorious three times what they gave to McCain: $ 37,122,161 for the first and only 10,765,423 for the second . These are not idealists with his eyes lost in the clouds, the characters are, indeed, birds of prey that see very well ... Why have Obama winning?
repeat. Rejoicing with caution. A lot.
Paul Barnard
source: misinformation
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