Which industry or lobbyist have the biggest influence in US politics. Poll

[Jalether]

For me it's Israel and AIPAC
They have Congress and states legislature in a choke hold.

You have states in the US making it illegal to criticize Israel citing anti semitism.

Funding Israel has the biggest bi partisan support in Congress alongside defense budget (before McCarthy's reign anyway)

The US police receive their training from Israel's ADL

The only time MTG has ever apologized was when her anti Semitic Jewish space Lazer remark was made public and we know she never apologizes for shyt

The list of Israel's influence in US politics is endless

Which industry do you think has a bigger influence

 

[mastermind]

It’s easily the defense industry, followed by oil and thirdly the healthcare industry.

 

[Ciggavelli]

I immediately thought oil and gas or the gun industry. I hadn’t thought about countries, but I think you are right. Israel has the most support and the largest influence

 

[Geek Nasty]

Wall Street and I don't think it's close. We've got maybe 10s of trillions funneling through their deregulated doors, I think the defense budget is $700-800 billion.

 

[wire28]

You left out the neo liberal machine that crowned Hillary and Biden and stole it from Bernie. Twice.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Oil, Pharmaceuticals, Israel, Defense, and NRA are all concerned with their particular niche. Some of those have bigger niches than others (I'm guessing defense is largest), but they're all still primary concerned with one aspect of politics.

Wall Street is the entire system.

 

[DEAD7]

Wall Street and I don't think it's close.

This.
Once we tied retirement(and everything else) to the market it was a wrap.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

This.
Once we tied retirement(and everything else) to the market it was a wrap.

 

[mastermind]

Yea

Workers used to get pensions in this country. That and social security was the retirement plan. It was never meant to be the primary source of retirement income but the 80s happened and it became the primary source of retirement income.

Fact Check: Were 401(k)s Really An ‘Accident Of History’?

Was the decline in traditional pensions and the growth in retirement savings accounts all just an "accident"? History says otherwise.

www.forbes.com

 

[Secure Da Bag]

Yea

Workers used to get pensions in this country. That and social security was the retirement plan. It was never meant to be the primary source of retirement income but the 80s happened and it became the primary source of retirement income.

Fact Check: Were 401(k)s Really An ‘Accident Of History’?

Was the decline in traditional pensions and the growth in retirement savings accounts all just an "accident"? History says otherwise.

www.forbes.com

The emoji isn't for the message. But for the messenger.

 

[Hood Critic]

The emoji isn't for the message. But for the messenger.

That was, Did this n*gga just post something anti-free market

 

[ill]

Pharma should be #2 right after defense especially after the Covid mandates. Having a 75-year exclusionary period from releasing data and being given blanket liability denial was outrageous.

 

[Pressure]

Wall Street has tanked the country numerous time with little recourse.

Government turned a blind eye during the crypto heist and still is to a large part.

Hard to argue against it.

 

[mastermind]

Wall Street and I don't think it's close. We've got maybe 10s of trillions funneling through their deregulated doors, I think the defense budget is $700-800 billion.

Oil, Pharmaceuticals, Israel, Defense, and NRA are all concerned with their particular niche. Some of those have bigger niches than others (I'm guessing defense is largest), but they're all still primary concerned with one aspect of politics.

Wall Street is the entire system.

Wall Street has tanked the country numerous time with little recourse.

Government turned a blind eye during the crypto heist and still is to a large part.

Hard to argue against it.

Yeah, if I revise my rankings its the financial sector followed by Defense—which for me includes Israel lobby—then oil industry and fourth healthcare.

 

[Spidey Man]

The defense industry is the biggest bunch of crooks. The Pentagon stays losing trillions that they can't account for. That's part of the reason why China is so scary. We can get high tech weapons for high tech prices. They can get high tech weapons for a fraction of what we pay.