Matt Taibbi: 'Best Way to Raise Campaign Money? Investigate Banks'

from rolling stone.............

"A hilarious report has come out courtesy of the National Institute of Money in State Politics, showing that Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller – who is coordinating the investigation into the banks’ improper mortgage dealings – increased his campaign contributions from the finance sector this year by a factor of 88! He has raised $261,445 from finance, insurance and real estate contributors since he announced that he was going to be coordinating the investigation into improper foreclosure practices. That is 88 times as much as they gave him not over last year, but over the previous decade.


This is about as perfect an example of how American politics works as you’ll ever see"....................a must read..... read it here