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Special interest money?

Anyways, “special interest” represents such powerful persons, families, groups, industries that help people run for public office or hire lobbyists to talk to lawmakers in order to influence policy making. It’s aptly called “special interest” because it seeks policies that serve a selected group rather than the general public. In other words, it’s in the self(ish) interest of those who pay for it, not in “public interest”, i.e. for the benefit of the general public.

He who pays the piper calls the tune, as the saying goes. In the so-called democracies, “special interest” groups have always hold sway in government. The oil and arms industries, for instance, are among the “special interest” groups that supported both Bush administrations in America. After all, it is no accident that both father and son launched wars over Iraq, where there is, Saddam or no Saddam, plenty of oil.

No accident, either, that they’ve also been targeting Iran – where there is, nuke threat or no nuke threat, also plenty of oil.

Anyways, here are recent media examples of “special interest money”:

1. With his party facing losses in next month’s election, President Obama pressed his argument Sunday that the opposition is trying to steal the election with secret special-interest money, possibly including money from foreign companies.

In a speech to a large rally here and in a new television advertisement, Mr. Obama and the Democrats escalated their efforts to present the Republicans as captive to moneyed interests. But Republicans and their allies fired back, dismissing the assertions as desperate last-minute allegations with no evidence to back them up.