As one example, in the 18th Congressional District many people work every day in unsafe and dangerous conditions at corporations whose PAC’s and corporate officers have made large contributions of money to Congressman Lahood’s campaign committee. Then when the appropriations committee that Ray Lahood sits on woefully underfunds OSHA, the agency that is supposed to protect workers, the appearance of choosing corporations over workers is there regardless of any intention on Ray Lahood’s part.

Time and time again our elected Congressmen fail the American people on important issues such as the environment, energy, good jobs, health care, and corporate taxation, instead more often serving corporate interests. There’s no doubt that the subsidizing of political campaigns by corporations and their officers must be eliminated.