http://paidcontent.org/2011/06/25/419-att-gave-500k-to-house-democrats-pushing-the-t-mobile-takeover/ The economics of digital content Tue, 21 May 2013 18:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://paidcontent.org/2011/06/25/419-att-gave-500k-to-house-democrats-pushing-the-t-mobile-takeover/#comment-84287 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:46:03 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/06/25/419-att-gave-500k-to-house-democrats-pushing-the-t-mobile-takeover/#comment-84287 $496,400 (the total) divided by 66 (the signers who took money from AT&T in 2010) is $7,521. According to OpenSecrets, that’s basically the average amount for members of the House in the 2010 cycle. It looks like there is no discernable difference between how much money members signing the letter took from AT&T and those that that did not sign the letter ::
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000076&cycle=2010

]]> http://paidcontent.org/2011/06/25/419-att-gave-500k-to-house-democrats-pushing-the-t-mobile-takeover/#comment-84286 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:02:48 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/06/25/419-att-gave-500k-to-house-democrats-pushing-the-t-mobile-takeover/#comment-84286 I often think this, but how easy would it be then to rig the computers?  At least with a representative government where they vote in the open, at least you know the vote isn’t rigged, even if the voters are.

]]> http://paidcontent.org/2011/06/25/419-att-gave-500k-to-house-democrats-pushing-the-t-mobile-takeover/#comment-84285 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:09:28 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/06/25/419-att-gave-500k-to-house-democrats-pushing-the-t-mobile-takeover/#comment-84285 What’s pathetic is how cheap these politicians are. Time and time again, they cast votes diametrically opposed to the best interests of the voters in exchange for payments of such small amounts. Yes AT&T paid a lot of money in the aggregate, but these congressmen and women individually sold and sell their votes for very little considering the damage they do to their constituents. Lobbying, eh.. Bagman is more like it.

]]> http://paidcontent.org/2011/06/25/419-att-gave-500k-to-house-democrats-pushing-the-t-mobile-takeover/#comment-84284 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:52:48 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/06/25/419-att-gave-500k-to-house-democrats-pushing-the-t-mobile-takeover/#comment-84284 What else is new? It’s pretty common to pay politics. Companys like Boeing are doing this since many years to get profitable deals…

]]> http://paidcontent.org/2011/06/25/419-att-gave-500k-to-house-democrats-pushing-the-t-mobile-takeover/#comment-84283 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:44:04 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/06/25/419-att-gave-500k-to-house-democrats-pushing-the-t-mobile-takeover/#comment-84283 how much did Sprint and Verizon ‘donate’ i mean what’s the point of this story?

]]> http://paidcontent.org/2011/06/25/419-att-gave-500k-to-house-democrats-pushing-the-t-mobile-takeover/#comment-84282 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 17:42:34 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/06/25/419-att-gave-500k-to-house-democrats-pushing-the-t-mobile-takeover/#comment-84282 We also now have the technology to allow for direct democracy.

]]> http://paidcontent.org/2011/06/25/419-att-gave-500k-to-house-democrats-pushing-the-t-mobile-takeover/#comment-84281 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 18:23:55 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/06/25/419-att-gave-500k-to-house-democrats-pushing-the-t-mobile-takeover/#comment-84281 Sad…

]]> http://paidcontent.org/2011/06/25/419-att-gave-500k-to-house-democrats-pushing-the-t-mobile-takeover/#comment-84280 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 03:38:50 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/06/25/419-att-gave-500k-to-house-democrats-pushing-the-t-mobile-takeover/#comment-84280 I think it’s time to dissolve congress and just let the people vote for themselves. Congress no longer represent the people it serves, just the “people” who pay the most.

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