But here's what's pretty impressive: Enron has not given a nickel since the 2002 election cycle and has been in the top 100 campaign contributors since 1989, which is when the data started being collected. The company's influence peaked in the 2000 election where the company gave $1.8 million to Republicans and $0.7 million to Democrats.
Some other notables on the all-time list:
- That National Association of Realtors is number 3. Does that make you question the policies that led to the surge in home prices in the first part of the decade? It should.
- Citigroup (NYSE: C) recently received tens of billions of dollars in taxpayer help: and is the 15th biggest contributor of all-time. Just saying. . . In case you're wondering, Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) is number 40 and General Motors (NYSE: GM) is number 73.
- Amway -- whose business model is controversial -- is number 90.
Closing Bell: Economic Catapult for Thanksgiving & Black Friday (WMT, TGT, GRMN, GOOG, MSFT)
Deere up on Q4 earnings performance
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn will go public (at some point)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
1-23-2009 @ 3:25PM
Kelley said...
Honestly, Peter do some research in regards to Lay and Skilling. Your convictions are appalling. Why don't you read Kurt Eichenwald's very detailed work with Enron and get a clue.