The Sunlight Foundation is reporting that 10 of the 12 members of the super committee, assigned the task of making cuts to our debt ceiling, received $83,000 in contributions from big Pac contributors during the 20 days of August that followed their appointments to the panel.
The political action committees of Lockheed Martin, the National Association of Realtors, Pfizer and Chevron all reported making contributions to members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction--better known as the super committee--in the roughly 20 days of August after House and Senate leadership appointed them to the panel.
PACs for 19 of the biggest political donors in the country, as determined by Center for Responsive Politics, have reported contributing more than $83,000 to 10 of the 12 members of the super committee or their leadership PACs, Federal Eelection Commission filings show. It's the first glimpse available of fundraising by super committee members as they wrestle with their mandate to recommend at least $1.2 trillion in cuts to the debt, increased revenues, or a combination of both.
The names of the contributors are predictable:
Pfizer, American Bankers Association, American Hospital Association, American Healthcare Association, Goldman Sachs, National Association of Realtors, Lockheed Martin, AT&T, and Chevron are some of the names that stand out.
It was enlightening to see that Pfizer had made two contributions to Max Baucus.
You don't have to be a rocket scientist to understand that this is a prime example of the blatant corruption that has brought our nation to its knees. And it reinforces the need for any concerned citizen to get involved in the efforts of the Occupy Wall Street group.
Here is a link to the article:
http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/...
If you want to know who will be influencing the panel’s decisions, read the tables at the end.