CNBC REALTY CHECK: Builders Don't Get Bail Out, So They "Bail" On Congress
"Today, the National Association of Home Builders' Political Action Committee, BUILD-PAC, and its 150-member Board of Trustees representing all 50 states, agreed to cease all approvals and disbursements of BUILD-PAC contributions to federal congressional candidates and their PACs until further notice...Why? At first I thought, ok, they’re making a statement, but what lawmaker is really going to care? Until I called the Center for Responsive Politics and found that the NAHB was the 3rd most generous contributor to Congressional candidates in the last election cycle (the Realtors are #1, by the way). Builders gave about $3 million to candidates in 2006, 73 percent of it to Republicans. That ain’t chump change, so that's more than a statement." Read more...
"Vote no to giving builders our tax dollars; they already STOLE our hard earned, after-tax money!!!!" - Inspector12
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