banking industry

Credit Card companies and Banking industry campaign contributions from State of the Union poster

Breakdown of how the Credit Card companies and banking industries have made campaign contributions, what they got and how voters paid for it.



OUCH! #21 JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT THE 'LOOTING DECADE' WAS OVER...

"Suppose you go to Washington and try to get at your government," Woodrow Wilson said back in 1912 when he was running for President.



OUCH! #10 FAST CASH

Imagine stopping at the ATM at your local gas station late at night to get $20 to pick up diapers or milk and being hit by an extra charge of $3.90 because you're not at your local bank.



OUCH! #1 Keeping Students' Interest: Money in politics can make your student loans cost more

Right now, Congress is figuring out how much extra it’s going to cost students and taxpayers to pay for college, because private banks don’t want the government to lower the interest ra



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