By GottaLaff
The wealth has been spread alright... all in one direction:
Lobbyists enjoyed record revenues while the rest of the country was struggling amid deep recession, according to a report out Friday.
Last year saw a more than 5 percent increase in lobbying expenditures as compared to 2008, said the Center for Responsive Politics' campaign finance watchdog report.
And guess who gets first prize!
The healthcare debate took up much of the oxygen in Washington last year. So not surprisingly, the pharmaceutical and health products industry spent a record amount last year — close to $266.8 million — on federal lobbying.
That is the biggest lobbying expenditure ever by a single industry in one year, according to the report.
Aww, no wonder they had to raise my son's health insurance rates 39% this year. Someone has to pay for all those pesky meds. The industry needed the money, and they felt comfortable coming to my kid with their M#$@%&! F%@*%! hands out.
I'm thrilled to bits and pieces that we could F$@&*! help them out of their F&#*$! financial hole. I'm sure they'll be there for us when we're in need.
Like now.
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