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TalkingDog

(9,001 posts)
Thu Jul 28, 2016, 12:53 PM Jul 2016

Anti-corporate sentiment doesn't slow down the party scene for lobbyists and lawmakers @ #DNCinPHL

And why would it?

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-democratic-convention-partying-20160728-snap-story.html

Inside the convention hall and on the steamy streets of Philadelphia, an incensed progressive insurgency is protesting the political power of corporations and billionaires – but the message doesn’t appear to be getting through at the city’s A-list eateries and nightclubs.

High-rolling donors, lobbyists and lawmakers have all converged on the city to conduct business as usual, imbibing at private concerts, making deals over canapes, and swapping invites to intimate corporate events at fancy venues. The choices that lawmakers have for partying with lobbyists seem almost limitless, with each dignitary given a dizzying spreadsheet of their options on any given day this week.

The convention in Philadelphia – like the Republican event in Cleveland before it – is an unabashed display of the coziness between those who write big checks, and those who run, or want to run, the government. It is particularly conspicuous this year in Philadelphia, when lobbyists are betting Democrats will keep control of the White House. Democrats are not even trying to put on the show of restraint they did in their last two conventions, when they imposed a ban, albeit a porous one, on funding from corporations.

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Anti-corporate sentiment doesn't slow down the party scene for lobbyists and lawmakers @ #DNCinPHL (Original Post) TalkingDog Jul 2016 OP
Jesus leftstreet Jul 2016 #1

leftstreet

(36,108 posts)
1. Jesus
Thu Jul 28, 2016, 01:18 PM
Jul 2016
The Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, featuring a priceless collection of Impressionist art, was opened after hours exclusively for the guests of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who would be treated to a private concert by Janelle Monae. The cost for a pair of tickets was a mere $33,400.


So much for campaign finance reform

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