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  • The Real Story On McCain Boeing Airbus Deal

    03/12/2008 4:49:34 AM PDT · 15 of 15
    laurensvanden to joeclarke

    To David. Good story. What worries me is the money Boeing and EADS spend on lobbying. Boeing $10 million in 2007 and EADS paid to two lobbying firms, employing prominent supporters of McCain, that is $220.000 to the Loeffler Group, $240.000 to Ogilvy Government Relations and $320.000 to Fierce, Isakowitz & Blalock.Lobbyists can play a useful role to help a company understand how a government operates. But the situation in Washington has gone completely out of hand. The future president of the USA should initiate and pass legislation limiting the activities of lobbying firms. What do you think?