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So far during this election cycle Steny Hoyer’s
campaign committee has raised $3.1 million and his Political
Action Committee has raised $2.9 million. Of course, Rep. Hoyer
doesn’t have to spend this money to get elected. He
typically receives two out of every three votes cast. Instead,
he’ll sprinkle the money throughout the party to candidates who
are eager to serve the corporations mentioned below.
Let’s examine who is giving the Democratic Whip
this money and understand why they’re contributing. Steny
receives just 1% of his campaign cash from small donations of
less the $200. Hoyer’s campaign demonstrates the antithesis
of grassroots organizing.
John Gardner, the founder of Common Cause, told me
in 1972 that you’ve got to follow the money to understand why
politicians vote the way they do. Here’s a rundown of Hoyer’s
biggest contributors.
Blue Cross/Blue Shield, UnitedHealth Group,
Medstar Health, and AFLAC regularly give Hoyer tens of thousands
of dollars because they want to make sure Hoyer and the Democrats
don’t embrace Medicare for all. Pharmaceutical giants Bayer
AG, Eli Lilly & Co, and Humana also shower Hoyer with
cash. They don’t want to see federal limits on prescription
costs.
Coca Cola wants to make certain that Congress
doesn’t pass legislation modeled after laws in New York City that
have limited unhealthy, sugary drinks served by city agencies.
Coke doesn’t want to see an excise tax or caps on sugary drink
portion sizes, so they contribute Hoyer.
NORPAC is a pro-Israeli lobby that makes sure Rep.
Hoyer continues to vote in favor of lethal aid to the Zionist
regime. The money prompts Hoyer to praise Israeli forces
even after they massacre unarmed civilians.
Northrup Grumman, Boeing, General Dynamics,
Honeywell, and Lockheed Martin all pony up. They want to make
sure there are sufficient wars or threats of war for Congress to
justify sending them hundreds of billions in weapons contracts.
Hoyer does a good job in this regard.
Hoyer is a cheerleader for burning fossil fuels to
produce electricity. He hasn’t gotten the memo on climate change.
His district will soon have six separate fossil fuel electrical
generating facilities, all within a few miles of Brandywine, a
predominantly African American community in Prince Georges County.
When the last project is fully completed, the area will represent
the greatest concentration of fossil fuel plants anywhere in the
country.
The names of the plants are: PSEG Keys Energy
Center, Chalk Point, Morgantown, Panda Mattawoman Power Project,
Brandywine Power Facility and CPV St. Charles Energy Center. All
have contributed to Hoyer, aside from CPV.
Rep. Hoyer is also a huge friend of nuclear
energy. Exelon Corp, the owner of Calvert Cliffs, gives
Hoyer $10,000 every election cycle. Entergy, PG & E, and
Southern Co. which own many of the nation’s nuclear power plants,
also fund Hoyer.
Although European nations like Germany have done
away with college tuition, Rep. Hoyer takes a ton of money from
Citigroup and Bank of America, the biggest players in the student
loan market. They’re making incredible profits and they want to
keep it that way.
This is no cheap shot. Instead, it is a
snapshot of the American political process. We must take the
money out of the political equation and institute public
financing of campaigns, something my opponent is against. With
public financing of campaigns, politicians would be looking out
for you and me, rather than their corporate backers. Imagine
that!
Thank you,
Pat
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