Health Scare

According to an analysis of federal elections data by Consumer Watchdog, health insurers and their employees contributed $2.2 million to the top 10 recipients in the House and Senate since 2005 while drug makers and their employees gave more than $3.3 million to top lawmakers in the same period.

With President Obama preparing to make health care a priority, I thought it would be interesting to keep an eye on the top recipients of these bribes (er...contributions) and see what these companies get for their money. I'm willing to bet that the these Senators and Congressmen will lead the charge against Obama and try to scare Americans every chance they get with talk about Socialism and horror stories about health care in Canada and other nations who take care of the health needs of their citizens.

Let's follow the money:

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz $546,000
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky $425,000
Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont $413,000

And in the House:

Rep. John Boehner, R-Oh $257,000
Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va $249,000

Wouldn't it be great if the media would start including the amount of money received by each elected official in every story they write about what is going on in government? Suddenly, everything would make so much more sense.