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JPMorgan's Political Lobby Spending In 2012 Hit A Record High

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Fri, 03/15/2013 - 10:29 | 3332309 Jason T
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Bought and Sold.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 10:39 | 3332358 GetZeeGold
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They only had to send two severed horse heads in 2012. Word is they get them cheap from Europe.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 10:53 | 3332405 Lets_Eat_Ben
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Sold for relatively cheap too. That's all DC has; escorts, calll-boys, and congress. DC is full of whores.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 11:12 | 3332464 aint no fortuna...
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markets rally on the news

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 11:15 | 3332470 markettime
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I would say JPM is getting a huge return off of its political contributions.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 10:29 | 3332312 localsavage
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Did they take over Goldmann's deal with Satan?  Oh I mean Bernanke.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 10:30 | 3332313 buzzsaw99
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Levin is different. Oh wait...

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 10:52 | 3332400 Ratscam
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your name is Levin?
You call yourself a sales man you son of a bicth?
Glengarry Glen Ross

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 10:30 | 3332316 Racer
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Lobby should read Bribery

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 10:34 | 3332337 Inthemix96
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Theiving,

Cunts.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 10:36 | 3332340 LongSoupLine
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These fuckers are nothing but the fucking mob. No, they're fucking worse. Fucking lobbying is bribing, and these fucking costs are going up in concert with their fucking increase of financial fucking terrorism they fucking wage upon the fucking middle class. These fuckers deserve nothing less than a fucking extremely painful fucking death. Fucking shit eating assholes.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 16:42 | 3333477 BringOnTheAsteroid
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Why be so nice. Fucking fuck fucking fuckholes.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 10:35 | 3332342 fuu
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I think I will go buy a silver oz today just for giggles.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 10:36 | 3332347 diogeneslaertius
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please disperse

nothing to see here

http://youtu.be/rSjK2Oqrgic

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 10:38 | 3332353 Cognitive Dissonance
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Money well spent it seems.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 10:38 | 3332355 CheapBastard
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"Corporations are people too," the Supremes opined.

 

Have a heart.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 12:18 | 3332681 Pseudo Anonym
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not true

"Corporations are people too," the Supremes opined

corporations are "persons", not people.  big difference.  a person, in law, is a legal fiction.  people are flesh and blood human beings, also actors, acting on behalf of persons

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 10:40 | 3332356 Mercury
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Our Platinum Club members ($7mm and up) can expect world class pampering when testifying before Congress, our premium bailout package and up to 20 one hour meetings with the POTUS per year.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 10:52 | 3332402 uno
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and your staff can co-write (ie write) any bills with CONgress while the white house staff/CONgress flunkie staff play angry birds and generally act like 12 year olds.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 10:50 | 3332392 GeezerGeek
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 Banksters (I use the term in a very general sense) have attempted to manipulate and profit from the US government at least since the transition to the Constitution and Hamilton's first Bank of the United States. For better or worse, the JPM lobbying efforts are simply the latest in a long line of such attempts. For an interesting, albeit dry, exploration of this, consider a book by Scott Nelson named "A Nation of Deadbeats". http://www.amazon.com/Nation-Deadbeats-Uncommon-Financial-Disasters/dp/0....

I derive no monetary benefit from mentioning this, but I did derive an intellectual benefit from reading it. 

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 10:53 | 3332396 Rainman
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Once Glass-Steagall got dead, these fuckerz really picked up the payoff pace. Shocked and surprised not. 

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 11:04 | 3332439 spanish inquisition
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As long as the money is rolling in, there is no problem. When things go bad the corporate entity needs to find a scapegoat (as in minor player who likley participated in fraud. although not necessary) to wash itself clean and protect the higher ups who knew what was going on. Armstrong = Iskill = Clemens = Sandusky. If you are an owner, you are an active participant, if you know of a situation and choose to take no action.

Ownership (Cycling Federation, JPM, MLB, Penn State) files an "independent" study stating lack controls, no one at fault, "we have a committee to review and improve oversight". Money is donated to campaigns. Let the healing begin now that the corporate entity is washed clean.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 11:13 | 3332465 madcows
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Success is bought, One Politician at a Time.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 11:14 | 3332466 riphowardkatz
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what?can't be the door to lobbyists was closed some time ago.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 11:20 | 3332497 venturen
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Is Dimon still meeting with Obama every week or is just Lloyd?

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 11:25 | 3332509 MsCreant
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Appears Goldman Sachs is down a bit on donations. Must be the economy...

http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000085&year=2012

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 11:56 | 3332605 Mark123
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I always find it amusing that people take these official numbers seriously. 

 

The real bribery is probably 100's of times bigger - maybe more.  And it never flows through any legal channels.  I mean to say, these are same banks that launder money for drug cartels.

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 12:21 | 3332694 Catullus
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Cause or effect of regulatory investigation?

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 12:37 | 3332753 Downtoolong
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That's why they're richer than us.

 

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 16:22 | 3333420 Totentänzerlied
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Adjusted for inflation, it's much less dramatic. But if you really think this chart tells the whole story...

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