Democrats Profiteer on Obamacare



Democrats Profiteer on Obamacare
by Jeff Davis
Seems like the Democrats just can’t keep their fingers out of the cookie jar now that they control Congress and the presidency. They don’t seem to care even when the circumstances are totally egregious and when their risk of exposure is almost certain. It’s like the Democrat Party doesn’t even care anymore. The electoral college gives a heavy weight to states with huge, minority-heavy cities. The Dems think they’ve got the votes to win the Presidency for good now, and so why shouldn’t they shove their snouts right into the trough and gobble up as much of that wonderful money as they can?
A recent news article reports: “President Barack Obama’s push for a national health care overhaul is providing a financial windfall in the election offseason to Democratic consulting firms that are closely connected to the president and two top advisers. Coalitions of interest groups running at least $24 million in pro-overhaul ads hired GMMB, which worked for Obama’s 2008 campaign and whose partners include a top Obama campaign strategist. They also hired AKPD Message and Media, which was founded by David Axelrod, a top adviser to Obama’s campaign and now to the White House. AKPD did work for Obama’s campaign, and Axelrod’s son Michael and Obama’s campaign manager David Plouffe work there.The firms were hired by Americans for Stable Quality Care…” (more…)