Posted on 10/26/2009 10:14:12 AM PDT by TWP guy
Barack said recently that the Chamber of Commerce spent half a billion dollars over the past 10 years on lobbying. He was so impressed with that number that he said it twice, for emphasis. As if to say, "in case you didn't hear me the 1st time, and as shocking as it may sound, yes, I meant it: half a billion dollars."
Now the U.S. Chamber represents over 3 million businesses and organizations. Just doing a little math for ya, but if you take 500 million divided by 10 (for the 10 years) that's 50 million a year spent on lobbying. 50mil/3mil is 16.666, so we can estimate that the Chamber spends about $17 per member on lobbying per year.
I'd like you to take a look at another number, and I'm plunking in a pie chart courtesy Open Secrets of the campaign expenditures for the Barack Obama 2008 campaign:
How about that? Half a billion doesn't even cover the cost of Barack Obama's campaign in just one year alone, 2008. His media spend alone was almost half a billion. Yes, you heard me. Nearly half... a... BILLION... dollars. <* pause for dramatic effect *> So I guess that Barack Obama knows what he's talking about when he starts droppin' numbers out there such as half a billion dollars. Wow, that's a lot.
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Nice comparison
OMG! (sarc)
how much have Americans spent on toilet paper over the past 10 years?
Obama used advertising to bring him to the presidency, then he cut advertising for Chrysler, saying they didn’t need it.
He’s acting like he wants businesses to fail; he would never do that would he?
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..... 0bama spent 750 million (yes 750 MILLION) dollars in a SINGLE presidential campaign year. Broke all records.
What’s his point?
“how much have Americans spent on toilet paper over the past 10 years?”
http://www.worldwatch.org/node/5142
57 billion dollars.
5.7 billion per year.
Or maybe its 6 billion a year, meaning 60 billion in 10 years...
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/07/07/mf.toilet.paper.history/index.html
“Currently, the United States spends more than $6 billion a year on toilet tissue...”
“He’s acting like he wants businesses to fail; he would never do that would he?”
The Gov’mt wants ALL the money. They see business as “unhealthy competition”
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