Sunday, August 12, 2012

Some times there is a very simple answer to a simple question....

In this case, the simple question would be: 'Why, in the face of overwhelming evidence, has there been no gob'mint prosecution of Goldman-Sachs, Jon Corzine, and the rest of these 'bank' robbers and thieves.

Here in this one simple chart, is the blatant answer to that simple question:

Top Contributors

Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat, NY


ContributorTotalIndivsPACs
Goldman Sachs $509,540$476,540$33,000
Citigroup Inc $440,416$406,100$34,316
Morgan Stanley $328,146$290,700$37,446
JPMorgan Chase & Co $313,000$249,000$64,000
Paul, Weiss et al $295,850$295,850$0
Credit Suisse Group $268,994$234,325$34,669
UBS AG $256,650$224,650$32,000
Bear Stearns $236,850$219,850$17,000
Lehman Brothers $226,450$200,950$25,500
Merrill Lynch $226,400$203,900$22,500
Ernst & Young $222,250$195,250$27,000
Deloitte LLP $201,799$173,800$27,999
Schulte, Roth & Zabel $200,100$200,100$0
Time Warner $188,800$161,300$27,500
Sullivan & Cromwell $172,400$172,400$0
Kasowitz, Benson et al $165,900$165,900$0
Newmark Knight Frank $162,150$162,150$0
MetLife Inc $158,499$117,000$41,499
New York Life Insurance $150,550$123,550$27,000
Cantor Fitzgerald $145,250$145,250$0

*registrants, or active lobbying firm

This table lists the top donors to this candidate in the 1989 - 2012 election cycle. The organizations themselves did not donate, rather the money came from the organizations' PACs, their individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals' immediate families. Organization totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.

(Thanks to the Center for Responsive Politics for this chart)

Meanwhile, across the land, young men are being sent to jail for twenty years for stealing a six pack of beer on a hot day. If they knew better they'd realize that bribery, in the guise of campaign contributions, pays much higher dividends...........

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