Special Interests

The greatest threat faced by our Republic is the three way cabal of special interests, politicians and courts.  These are the enemies of individual liberty.

If you think that one or the other of the major parties is less guilty, you haven't done your homework.

Here are the top 10 special interest expenditures since 1989:

ActBlue $55,059,076,  American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees $45,792,853  AT&T Inc $41,660,104, National Assn of Realtors $40,020,510, Service Employees International Union $37,130,289, National Education Assn $36,433,425, American Assn for Justice $34,094,421, Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers $33,824,355,  Laborers Union $31,415,067, American Federation of Teachers $31,342,403.

Of this roughly $350 million dollars 85% was given to Democrats.  What about ATT or the Realtors?  They split their donations right down the middle giving equal amounts to both parties.  What about those evil fat cats on Wall Street?

Goldman Sachs gave 60% of their $21 million to Democrats.  Well how about Microsoft and General Electric? evenly split.

Look it up on opensecrets.org

The point of this exercise is to disabuse the notion that Big Corporations give to Republicans.  They give to the politicians that will see things their way,  same as the unions do.  

So now we have the big companies + organized labor + politicians operating in concert against who?

Against competition, that's who.  If you pass a law that satisfies big corps and labor, you can bet they have stifled competition for jobs and innovation AND the politicians have corralled funding for their next run.The result is less freedom and higher cost to the American public.

Think not Democrat or Republican.  Think Progressivism or Liberty.  Progressives are found in both parties.