Actually I have no clue what $3.47 billion could buy you. I could give you some estimates though. $3.5 billion could feed a country like Zimbabwe for several years. It could provide millions of people with clean drinking water. It could buy 10 F-22 Raptors. It could provide 350 million laptops for children in developing countries. A couple of days ago the Center for Responsive Politics released a report detailing a record breaking year of money spent by lobbyist.
As no surprise the pharmaceutical industry racked up the largest amount of money ever spent by a single industry at $267 million. Other big hitters include the Chamber of Commerce, Chevron, Pfizer, BC/BS Exxon Mobil and AARP. Overall this is a 5% increase over last year. The numbers never lie for businesses. Even in these tough economic times, businesses have decided that its more advantageous to spend more money on lobbying because it will pay off in the long run.
EDIT: Actually, I know better than this. I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have posted this. These numbers are too big to be able to fathom thus not having much meaning other than a ton of money.
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