[lbo-talk] Failed State Watch

[dredmond at efn.org]

Total US corporate lobbying for 2009 reached $3.47 billion:

http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2010/02/federal-lobbying-soars-in-2009.html

Note that (1) this is just one year, and (2) the financial services
industry isn't even one of the biggest donors.

-- DRR