Follow the money: Who's paying for your legislators?

The phone rang early this morning, and it was early riser, Bob Fulkerson from the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN). Lucky for him, I’d already had a cuppa. He wanted me to noodle around in a cool website and dig up which mining companies might have been contributing to some folks down in Carson City. Yup, that got me wide awake.

“Yaoza, Bob! Of course, I can do that.”

I’m makin’ a list and checkin’ it twice - gonna find out who’s been naughty and nice …

If you are of the research mind, and like to fiddle around with interesting statistical information, this website is for you! The only question you have to ask is “how deep do you want to drill?”

Even more revealing was another little task I was given which involved going onto the Nevada Secretary of State’s website, to look up Contributions & Expenses reports for various candidates.

I don’t know how it could be much more obvious that the future of American democracy depends on the passage of robust, no prisoners taken, campaign finance reform. Each and every qualified candidate should be publically financed, and not be allowed to accept one damn dime from anybody, anytime, for any reason.

These statements are filled with shadowy organizations - the Republican Leadership Council, the Citizens for Really Neat-O Government or … whatever. The point being that you don’t know who’s really behind them. Hosni Mubarak could be a contributor and nobody would be the wiser. That ain’t ‘free speech’. That’s bullshit.

Take a look for yourself.

click on the image to redirectWell, that’s enough fun for one day.

- willing tool of the Lefty Liberal Leftists, Maven