NY Times: Financial Firms Are Bush's Biggest Donors, Study Reports

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Financial Firms Are Bush's Biggest Donors, Study Reports

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 — A new study released Thursday shows that employees and political action committees of brokerages, banks and credit companies make up 6 of President Bush's top 10 career contributors, a clear indicator of his increasing support from the financial sector.

In a similar study during the 2000 election, no major financial services firms were among the top 10.

The study was conducted by the nonpartisan Center for Public Integrity and published as a book, "The Buying of the President 2004." It looks at top contributors to Republican and Democratic presidential candidates over the course of their public careers.

"This money is not coming from backyard bake sales and barbecues," said Charles Lewis, the center's executive director. "It's coming from powerful special interests who want something."

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Financial Firms Are Bush's Biggest Donors, Study Reports

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[izzie]

1. Well yar. and they want the SS money with is the next 4 year thing.

This GOP is making a first class mess of the USA. Go to people first not greed.Just think of the Bush people with 6% of your paycheck and they already have their hands in the other part the companies take out. Makes you sleep good. Right?

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