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If you think the lawmakers appointed to Obama’s health reform and budget supercommittee charged with solving our nation’s fiscal problems are unbiased and actually representing you, I’m sorry you had to read this. Public outcry over Obama’s health plan, combined with decades of irreverent fiscal policy in Congress led to our leaders dutifully forming the supercommittee to solve all our troubles. The problem is, prior to their appointments, the twelve members of the committee had already received more than $3 million in “campaign donations” from special interest political action committees and lobbyists! In my opinion, this is nothing but legalized bribery.

Obamacare is not the only arena. Decisions are made, not in the public interest, but rather, in response to lobbying efforts of well-funded special interests. In his book, War on the Middle Class, Lou Dobbs reported that 50% of the lobbyists in Washington represent the pharmaceutical industry. Tell me they are lobbying in your behalf, your vitamins, your diet, your child’s autism. I know from whence I speak. In the 1980’s I was a registered lobbyist for the chiropractic profession at the state level. I will never forget, though it was nearly 30 years ago, travelling to an influential politician’s office and presenting him with an envelope full of checks. I will give you odds that if I call him today, he will remember me. Laws are written and passed in response to special interest. Follow the money.

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