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Kelvin Mace

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3. The way to look at that chart is "Return on Investment"

Reply to PumpkinAle (Original post)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 07:59 PM

Apr 2014

GE invested $129.6 million in buying congress, and got back $23.55 for each dollar invested.

PG&E - $14.06 per dollar invested
Verizon - $6.42 per dollar invested
Duke Energy - $9.63 per dollar invested

I really wish I could get in on these deals with my IRA.

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One Chart That Shows Just How Screwed Up Our Tax System Really Is [View all] PumpkinAle Apr 2014 OP

thanks surrealAmerican Apr 2014 #1

That is an awesome chart of a horrible situation. Squinch Apr 2014 #2

The way to look at that chart is "Return on Investment" Kelvin Mace Apr 2014 #3

Speech that is one Bortman33 Apr 2014 #4

more of a table than a chart hfojvt Apr 2014 #5