[Uncle Bill]

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Enron Total Contributions, 1989-2001*

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Election Cycle	Total Contributions	Soft Money Contributions	Contributions from PACs	Contributions from Individuals	% to Dems	% to Repubs
1990	$163,250	$0	$130,250	$33,000	42%	58%
1992	$281,009	$75,109	$130,550	$75,350	42%	58%
1994	$520,996	$136,292	$189,565	$195,139	42%	58%
1996	$1,141,016	$687,445	$171,671	$281,900	18%	81%
1998	$1,049,942	$691,950	$212,643	$145,349	21%	79%
2000	$2,441,398	$1,671,555	$280,043	$489,800	28%	72%
2002	$172,859	$124,059	$32,000	$16,800	11%	88%
TOTAL	$5,770,470	$3,386,410	$1,146,722	$1,237,338	27%	73%

NOTE: Soft money contributions were not publicly disclosed until the 1991-92 election cycle. 
*Based on FEC data downloaded 11/1/01.

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[wooly_mammoth]

Interesting statistics. Things changed around 1996. It's surprising how little money it takes to influence politicians. Enron lost something like $60,000,000,000 while it took under $5,000,000 to pave the way. That's a 12,000 to 1 ratio. Wanna steal $12,000? No problem, all we require is a $1 contribution. I think the US is way more corrupt than third-world dictatorships. In third-world dictatorships the politicians would at least ask for 2-20% on any deal. Here all it takes is 0.008%.