Congressmen Who Lobbied FCC Against Net Neutrality & Received Payoff

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday May 17, 2014 @07:50AM from the only-your-best-interests-at-heart dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Ars Technica published an article Friday highlighting the results from research conducted by a money-in-politics watchdog regarding the 28 congressmen who sent a combined total of three letters to the FCC protesting against re-classifying the internet as a public utility. These 28 members of the U.S. House of Representatives 'received, on average, $26,832 from the "cable & satellite TV production & distribution" sector over a two-year period ending in December. According to the data, that's 2.3 times more than the House average of $11,651.' That's average. Actual amounts that the 28 received over a two year period ranged from $109,250 (Greg Walden, R-OR) to $0 (Nick Rahall, D-WV). Look at the list yourselves, and find your representative to determine how much legitimacy can be attributed to their stated concerns for the public."

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Re:Let's reclassify Lobbying as Bribery and by Anonymous Coward · 2014-05-17 20:08 · Score: 0, Troll

If you own a business with 100 employees, when you lobby for that business to be profitable, you are lobbying for those 100 employees to keep their jobs.
Nope. Those are 2 very different things.
In theory yes (it keeps the employees in line), in reality no.
That is just a trickle down "God" theory, that the big guy upstairs is looking out for us all.
The truth is, the rich are waging war on the poor.
They are "looking out" and "representing" them like my rifle is "looking out" for dinner.