Depending upon your prospective of how our society functions, one can interpret the political goings on to be a dance of sorts for which special interests will take a stronger hold of your government and your lives.
Strictly as an opinion, each political party is someone identified with its own leanings to special interests in American society. In this writers opinion there is an enormous undercurrent of power that is controlled by the insurance and finance industries. And it is this writer’s opinion that all too often, those interests not only clash with, but can be in opposition to what is in the best interests of individuals’ protections and safety.
As a committed victims rights advocate, I am extremely concerned that the wrong special interests are not only in contradiction to a voter’s perceived party affiliation, but by choosing a political affiliation, they may be unintentionally aligning themselves with their ultimate enemy.
How often do we find people analyzing the net effect of their political choices based upon its overall impact on the true good of everyday society? Are the political parties fooling the voters into believing that they are truly looking after their own good?
Does the average voter truly buy into the stated story that the 2.6 billion dollars spent on advertising for this presidential campaign was so that one side or the other will be responsible for creating more jobs, lowering unemployment, the deficit; or is it so that the funded party will do the behind the scenes beckoning of the special interest lobbyists?
The following figures are based on Federal Election Commission data released electronically on Thursday, October 25, 2012.
Barack Obama
University of California $1,092,906
Microsoft Corp $761,343
Google Inc $737,055
US Government $627,628
Harvard University $602,992
Mitt Romney
Goldman Sachs $994,139
Bank of America $921,839
Morgan Stanley $827,255
JPMorgan Chase & Co $792,147
Credit Suisse Group $618,941
Sector Totals
Barack Obama (D)
Agribusiness $1,881,709
Communications/ Electronics $18,885,143
Construction $3,723,263
Defense $985,575
Energy & Natural Resources $2,172,790
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate $18,718,167
Health $16,901,498
Lawyers & Lobbyists $25,531,710
Transportation $1,218,873
Misc Business $19,963,821
Labor $413,394
Ideological/ Single-Issue $12,087,160
Other $83,438,998
Mitt Romney (R)
Agribusiness $6,340,486
Communications/ Electronics $6,443,001
Construction $8,148,634
Defense $1,061,629
Energy & Natural Resources $8,621,846
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate $52,108,339
Health $15,342,167
Lawyers & Lobbyists $13,638,350
Transportation $5,011,332
Misc Business $24,410,405
Labor $3,250
Ideological/ Single-Issue $6,915,310
Other $63,007,960
Top Industries
Barack Obama (D)
Retired $50,002,197
Lawyers/Law Firms $25,130,021
Education $19,528,183
Health Professionals $9,460,088
Business Services $7,821,996
Mitt Romney (R)
Retired $56,306,153
Securities & Investment $19,610,445
Real Estate $12,942,203
Lawyers/Law Firms $12,267,294
Health Professionals $10,198,075
Agribusiness $1,881,709
Communications/ Electronics $18,885,143
Construction $3,723,263
Defense $985,575
Energy & Natural Resources $2,172,790
Compare Mitt Romney’s $52,108,339 contributions from the Finance, Insurance and Real Estate sectors with President Barack Obama’s ($18,718,167) contribution figures; a three to one disparity. What should one read into this information?
For further information regarding this topic please free to contact the Injury Victim Advocates at Schulman Law Group at 954-349-3300, 1-877-529-0444 or at info@www.schulaw.com
