Behind the financial sector, energy interests spend the most money on lobbying efforts in Washington, D.C. - So how does the solar energy sector stack up?
Total Spent by Electric Utilities: $151 Million
Total Spent by Oil & Gas Lobbyists: $111 Million
Total Spent by Solar Lobbyists: $ 2 Million
Average spent per person in Congress: $566,082 ... and that's just on Energy.
And you wonder why the Climate Bill is dead -- and why we have so many people out of work.
And then on top of that - they pass a food safety bill ... authorizing the FDA to set up offices around the world to ensure that US safety guidelines are taught and implemented. It gets better - according to an article published in Italy (based on Wikileaked information) - the US Ambassador to France was putting together a "hit list" of European policy makers that are against - genetically modified foods - so they could be "targeted".
What would you rather have -- a good job & lower utility bills & a clean environment -- or eliminating organic food and natural food supplements? Congress thought the latter was better ... hmm, I wonder how much the food and big Pharma lobbyists spent.
Got to love those lobbyists - and the current American political system.
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