why should we be surprised?

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as long as this is legal, we're screwn


Top 20 Contributors
Senator Max Baucus 2005 - 2010

Rank Contributor Total -- Indivs -- PACs

1 Schering-Plough Corp $76,200 $64,200 $12,000
2 Goldman Sachs $47,900 $47,900 $0
3 KKR & Co $47,000 $47,000 $0
4 American International Group $46,750 $37,000 $9,750
5 Aetna Inc $45,250 $35,250 $10,000
5 Amgen Inc $45,250 $35,250 $10,000
7 New York Life Insurance $41,650 $41,650 $0
8 DaVita Inc $41,350 $36,600 $4,750
9 Blue Cross/Blue Shield $41,100 $21,600 $19,500
10 American Express $39,800 $29,800 $10,000
11 Akin, Gump et al $38,836 $34,350 $4,486
12 JPMorgan Chase & Co $38,100 $28,600 $9,500
13 Citigroup Inc $35,000 $26,000 $9,000
14 Morgan Stanley $34,500 $25,500 $9,000
15 UST Inc $32,950 $32,950 $0
16 Huntsman Corp $32,200 $32,200 $0
17 Altria Group $30,503 $12,503 $18,000
18 Paulson & Co $29,900 $29,900 $0
19 Wyeth $29,170 $18,170 $11,000
20 Wells Fargo $29,100 $12,100 $17,000

http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cycle=2010&cid=N00004643&type=I&mem=

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1. Without campaign finance reform, nothing is going to change.

Corporations and lobbyists will continue to control the government.