Did a story on lobbying, and its effects (or lack thereof) last week.

Very interesting.

To paraphrase Barney Frank "I don't care who gives me what money, the voters are who matter."

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/461/take-the-money-and-run-for-office

Voters of all stripes need to vote for the person most likely to help get money out of politics - publicly funded campaigns, corporations are not persons, all political ad buyers must be identified immediately (in the ad), voter's rights guaranteed, lobbying done only in open hearings.

oops. Wrong 5 guys....

They came out of nowhere,
and that don't mean a thing,
They rate high and you'll know why,
when you hear them singngngngng...


Oh wait.
No one's named Moe either.

These five greedy pieces of shit have caused far more death, destruction, and looting than any terrorist cell in the entire world could ever dream of - all in the name of getting richer. What do they plan to do with all that money - start their own space program???

Chances are, they won't invite us. It's the only thing that makes what they're doing to the planet logical, IMHO. It costs a lot of money. But I'm crazy. What do you think?

Hope they burn in heck. Gee id wish theyd pay their fair share of taxes

And I still stand by my claim that Citizens United was not the worst Supreme Court decision ever - that belongs to Bush V. Gore. This world would be a very different place had Gore actually won the election instead of the shit storm it is thanks to the BFEE's 8 year reign of terror.

these guys , subsdies , are they broke or just having us pay for their lavish lifestyle?

For example, one law, Sarbanes Oxley tripled the income of Deloitte, E&Y, PWC and KPMG.

Write a law, pay the money and get the law change you want.

You know why the government "can't force you to buy broccoli"? Because the broccoli farmers haven't yet paid to have a law requiring you to buy broccoli.

And, since congress has exempted themselves from insider trading laws, you might not even have to pay them off. They can play the market (the way casinos play blackjack) and make their cut there. Heck, the SCOTUS knows their own ruling in Obamacare and they have 3 months to play the market with that info.

Chevron -- John S. Watson

Compensation for 2010
Salary $1,479,167.00
Bonus $0.00
Restricted stock awards $3,752,400.00
All other compensation $220,496.00
Option awards $ $5,535,200.00
Non-equity incentive plan compensation $3,000,000.00
Change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings $2,273,265.00
Total Compensation $16,260,528.00

http://people.forbes.com/profile/john-s-watson/18163

BP -- 2010 -- Tony Hayward

(Reuters) - The chief executive of Europe's largest oil company by production, BP Plc, enjoyed a 41 percent rise in total pay in 2009, even though profits dropped 45 percent.

Tony Hayward took home 4.01 million pounds ($6.03 million) in salary, cash bonus and share awards last year, up from 2.85 million pounds in 2008.

The head of BP's remuneration committee, DeAnne Julius, said in the company's annual report that the increase was to reward Hayward for boosting operational performance.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/03/05/us-bp-pay-idUSTRE6241PM20100305

Conoco -- 2011

HOUSTON (Dow Jones)--ConocoPhillips (COP) Chief Executive Jim Mulva received around $27.7 million in total compensation in 2011, a 55% increase from a year earlier . . . .

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120329-717351.html

Shell - 2012

Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) Chief Executive Officer Peter Voser’s compensation more than doubled to 11.7 million euros ($15.3 million) in 2011 from the previous year after long-term incentive bonuses and awards were vested.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-15/shell-ceo-voser-s-compensation-more-than-doubles-on-awards.html

Exxon-Mobil - 2010

Rex Tillerson

(Reuters) - The chief executive officer of Exxon Mobil Corp, the world's largest publicly traded oil company, received $29 million in total compensation in 2010, a 6.6 percent increase from the previous year, a regulatory filing showed on Wednesday.

Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson's pay included $2.2 million in salary, a $3.4 million bonus, and stock awards valued at $15.5 million, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/13/us-exxon-pay-idUSTRE73C4AC20110413

Valero

William R. Klesse

Total Compensation
$8.07 mil
5-Year Compensation
$53.39 mil
Education:
College: University of Dayton BS
Graduate School: Texas A&M MBA

William R Klesse has been CEO of Valero Energy (VLO) for 5 years. Mr. Klesse has been with the company for 42 years. The 64 year old executive ranks 14 within Oil & Gas Operations

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2011/12/ceo-compensation-11_William-R-Klesse_ZJO9.html

Nice work if you can get it!!!

This should be put up everywhere along with the names

Thanks for the thread, Playinghardball.

might our do nothing congress being making a push to finally cut subsidies? another likely fail >_<

USA USA USA!!

those choices are traitors.

Unlimited Lobbying and Campaign Donations. So you can bet that our tax dollars are subsidizing Romney's, Santorum's, and Newt's campaigns. Maybe even Obama's campaign? Any federally subsidized corporation should not be allowed to lobby or donate to election campaigns. Period. Why isn't this illegal?

How?

$9.00 for a gallon of gas. Heard it with my own ears from one of them today.

fucking aye!

I mean, after my civics teacher explained to me that you can contribute to and lobby politicians, I just couldn't distiguish it from bribery. Now, 40 years and one law degree later, I still can't see how it's different from bribery. I guess I'm a slow learner.