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Political Sponsorship Logos

By stcynic on September 7, 2006.

This magazine has stumbled upon an idea I've been advocating for years, that politicians should be like Nascar drivers and should have to wear the logos of all the companies that sponsor their campaigns. It should be all over their clothing and the cars they drive. Here's their mock up of what Hillary Clinton and Rick Santorum would look like:

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They also list the contributions they've each gotten by industry, but not by company:

HILLARY CLINTON
Hillary Clinton's top contributions by sector
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate $4,650,601
Lawyers & Lobbyists $3,533,740
Other $3,258,584
Miscellaneous Business $2,332,809
Communications/Electronics $1,808,119
Health $1,122,341
Construction $521,796
Ideology/Single-Issue $432,270
Labor $340,545
Agribusiness $211,565
Energy/Natural Resource $206,462
Transportation $118,210
Defense $86,050

TOTAL (as of June 30th): $33,180,949

RICK SANTORUM
Rick Santorum's top contributors by sector
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate $2,812,841
Miscellaneous Business $1,373,537
Lawyers & Lobbyists $1,357,125
Health $1,258,021
Other $1,243,951
Construction $666,015
Energy/Natural Resource $651,541
Ideology/Single-Issue $563,073
Communications/Electronics $474,990
Agribusiness $399,237
Transportation $299,574
Defense $76,000
Labor $56,706

TOTAL (as of June 30th): $17,252,473

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That's a very interesting magazine with good articles.

It has the feel of adbusters when done by libertarians. If you haven't seen adbusters or aren't familiar with their anarchy, it's worth a few minutes to explore their flash animation projects page.

Taste is what it is, but I think the animations on Gandhi's 7 Deadly Social Sins and After the Fall are excellent, as is the book, Design Anarchy. It may be a lot to spend $85 for a book, but think of all the money saved at Wal*Mart that makes it possible.