Want to stop the influence lobby groups and donations have on your government....go speak to your union

Many of the individuals at the OWS protests are complaining that the federal government is deeply influenced by donations and lobby groups...and I actually agree with them.... Today's government is totally influenced by these groups and it most stop!  Unfortunately, our opinions of with whom and where the influence lies greatly differ.

OWS protesters argue that Wall Street and huge corporations have far too much power and influence amongst our politicians.  Look at any OWS forum and you will repeatedly see people arguing for the elimination of private donations in America.  

This however is far from the truth.  

According to this chart by opensecrets.org,16 of the top 20 political donors in America give a vast majority of their funds to the democratic party.

Source: Opensecrets.org

  By calculation, 77.3 %  of the funds donated by the top 20 donors will be headed to the Democrats.  This is of little surprise to me considering the fact that 13 of these donors are Unions and traditionally democratic supporters.  Left wing organizations constantly exaggerate the financial influence of corporations and Wall Street have on our politicians while the influence of Unions has been ignored.  If you want to stop the influence lobby groups and donations have on your government....go speak to your union

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