Well they don’t call them bribes they’re just Political contributions. I guess this is how your Gov works. If you want to survive your going to Pay. The auto industry spent nearly $50 million lobbying Congress.

Congress members from Michigan, Sen. Carl Levin,  received $438,304  House, Rep. Joe Knollenberg received $879,327. Rep. John Dingell nearly a million from the industry.

Then there’s Dingle wife as posted from CBS Article Big Three Spending Millions On Lobbying

Dingell’s wife Debbie once worked as a lobbyist for GM.

When she married the congressman, she became a senior GM executive at an undisclosed salary. And we found the couple has extensive GM assets.

Dingell’s current financial disclosure filed in May lists GM stock worth up to $350,000, options worth up to $1 million more, and a GM pension fund. In 2000, among the Dingells’ GM assets were stock options worth up to $5 million.

Just gives you that warm fuzzy feeling doesn’t it.

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