Top 20 Recipients of AIG Contributions in 2008
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on Mar 18 2009 Filed under Politics.
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Time for these folks to write a check to the United States Taxpayers. This is the list of politicians who received political contributions from AIG in the 2008 election cycle. Chris “Sweet Deal” Dodd heads the list, with our illustrious president right behind him. And these are the two main guys “fixing” the problem? Sounds like they should be sitting in the witness chair answering questions, not asking them.
From Open Secrets.
Democrats in the top 20 received a total of $374,222.00
Republicans received $126,349.00
So while there might be bi-partisan blame to go around, the Democrats received three times as much as the Republicans.
It might be time to contact these folks and ask them when we can expect the checks to be mailed.
Contact information is here.
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Looks like the usual suspects. We could take 16 or so of those names and copy and paste it every time a new scandal comes along, add four more people at random, and nobody would notice. Especially if we throw in an oddball name like Mitt Romney every once in awhile.
Of course this one is slightly skewed toward those who ran campaigns for President.
It would be interesting to see who AIG was contributing to throughout the Bush administration particularly while the republicans controlled congress. I suspect you would find more republicans at the top of their donor list.
I’m sure you would. I promise you it wasn’t three times as much, though.
Also, there happens to be nothing wrong with accepting contributions from any person or organization who is allowed to give them. Accepting money happens to be one of the primary jobs of a politician, yet another of the many reasons why the federal government and Congress shouldn’t have anywhere near the power they currently have to wield over people.
It is, however, quite interesting how Dodd always ends up at the top of the list. Whether it’s because he has possession of lots of compromising pictures, whether it’s his total lack of a moral compass, or whether it’s his obvious and irresistible charm – people love to give the dude money.
Jerry, got a newsflash for you. Bush is gone. Let it go. The Dems have been in charge in Congress since January 2007 (i.e. since before the meltdown began). I know it is like tossing out an old, comfortable shoe, but Bush really is gone. Your guys are in charge now.
Bill: It’s really worse than that – Dems have held the budget and policy writing legislative body for 42 of my 52 years on this Earth. Funny how we had balanced budgets during the other 10 years. Dems found it easy to blame (and personally destroy) those in charge of a Republican congress which accomplished the balanced budgets, but now that Dems have been back in charge of congress, all the sudden it’s the former Republican president’s fault. Funny how that works, huh ? I wonder why there are so many ignorant people who believe the president is in charge of everything ?
On a different note, I find in the statistics that 14 of the top 20 recipients of AIG contributions are Democrats.
Also, 14 of the top 20 richest members of congress are Democrats. Kind of cool how the statistics correlate. I wonder why the Republicans are always referred to as the party of the rich, when just the opposite is true ? I lose more faith in the intelligence of the American people every day – and Jerry, you’re kind of lost here buddy. Better to fold up your cards and just go away. Blaming Bush is for simple minded 4 year olds, and you’re way outgunned here.
DaveinPhoenix – I don’t know if I ever mentioned this to you, but I am Scott in Phoenix. If you ever feel like you need a kindred mind to commiserate with, let me know and we can grab a beer somewhere.
And they are trying to clean up your guys mess.
Jerry……………If you go to opensecrets.com you can find out what contributions were given to each individual during any cycle by just clicking the year you want.
This site also mentions 28 members of Congress ARE STOCKHOLDERS IN AIG . John Kerry alone holds over $2 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF STOCK.
Jerry………….OH I forgot. How many Republicans voted for and had a hand in writing this pork package? And where was the Presidents website recovery.com monitoring every dollar that went out to AIG ?
Sorry Jerry Critter. This “mess” that you speak of was caused by a little something called the housing bubble. Remember that? Well I hope I don’t have to educate you about whose pet project that was. Try to read more. MSNBC will fry your brain.