TRUMP DREAM OF DRAINING THE SWAMP
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In part, President Trump won the White House
courtesy of the silent majority of people across the country who are completely
fed up with the corruption and culture of influence peddling in Washington
D.C.. His repeated vows to "Drain the
Swamp" were music to the ears of the disaffected masses who have
grown increasingly frustrated with the ineptitude of their elected officials
over the years.
Therefore, in light
of the promises above, we thought it might be useful to take a look at who
exactly is spending the most money to "buy influence" among our
elected officials. According to data provided by
The
Hill, just the top 50 companies and industry groups
in the country accounted for nearly 25% of all federal lobbying dollars spent
in 2016.
Fifty
companies and industry groups shelled out more than $716 million to lobby the
federal government and Congress last year, according to data provided to The Hill by the Center for Responsive
Politics.
The eye-popping total
represents nearly a quarter of all federal lobbying dollars in 2016 and a slight increase over 2015, when the 50 biggest spenders doled out $715 million.
And here's a look at the top 25 spenders:
Of course, if Trump is really serious about "Draining the Swamp" then the only way to truly do that is by imposing term limits
to restrict our easily corrupted elected officials from building the influence
they are then all too eager to sell to the highest bidder...as long as there is influence to be purchased you
can rest assured their will be plenty of eager buyers.
Finally, here is the full list of the 50
largest lobbying spenders in 2016 that spent over $700 million in aggregate.
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