On the recordApril 11, 2011
You take Exxon-Mobil's last profits, and if I recall correctly, with five percent of their annual profits they could outspend both Presidential Candidate McCain and Presidential Candidate Obama.
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Whitehouse highlights the financial power of corporations in elections.
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