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ratilfar says:
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"In all, 151 current members of Congress -- more than one-fourth of the total -- have invested between 78.7 million dollars and 195.5 million dollars in companies that received defence contracts of at least 5.0 million dollars, according to CRP.

These companies received more than 275.6 billion dollars from the government in 2006, or 755 million dollars per day, says budget watchdog group OMB Watch.

The investments yielded lawmakers 15.8 million - 62 million dollars in dividend income, capital gains, royalties, and interest from 2004 through 2006, says CRP. "
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4-15-2008 4:15 PM
dulios
Oops, I clipped the same thing after you did. Sorry! I can delete mine.

Well, great minds and all
4-15-2008 4:32 PM
ratilfar
No need. Its not my content anyway. I don't own it, and I'm certainly not going to police clipmarks to see who clipped first.

And yes...I concur...
4-15-2008 7:41 PM
masbury
Wow. They couldn't get away with it in a County government - having holdings in the companies getting the county's bucks.
Great clip and important info.
4-18-2008 2:59 PM
kkcapricorn
This might be a good reason for it!
It may be a reason -- but certainly not a good one!
4-18-2008 3:48 PM
ratilfar
Ok...ok...I'll fix the title....
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