Have Utah Senators Been Bought or Just Paid For?
So many people are arguing over political issues, but we are not getting the real facts. Information is skewed by special interest groups who have been buying off our Congress members.
You can write to Sen. Orrin Hatch all you want about how he should vote on health care reform. You will get a nice form letter, but no matter what you say he will vote against President Barack Obama’s plan. Why? Blue Cross and Blue Shield is one of his largest campaign donors. (check it out on www.opensecrets.org.) If you have the same goal as Blue Cross and Blue Shield you have nothing to fear, right? Except that his top campaign donors are almost all health companies, and those companies do not have your best interest at heart.
Then there is Sen. Bob Bennett. He voted for the bailout, despite overwhelming calls begging him not to. Why? He received $23,200 from Citigroup, $20,000 from JPMorgan Chase, and $15,500 from the American Bankers Association.
Let’s get big money out of lawmaking, and then we can discuss the issues on their true merits and vices — not who will get the most money out of it.
Michelle L. King
Logan
