[QatzelOk]

It has been demonstrated that allowing private enterprise to sponsor stadiums and mass transit systems, they are allowed to participate in the public sphere in exchange for private support of the public sphere.

Since government is the ultimate public sphere, why not give private corporations the same possibility of openly naming governments or having branches of government/political figures named for themselves?

Couldn't the General Motors White House help Exxon President Obama to pay reduce the Pepsi Max debt?


* of course, these corporations wouldn't be allowed to alter rules or laws. just to fund the operation of government.

[Drlee]

We already do Quatz:

Top Obama Contributors:


University of California $1,591,395
Goldman Sachs $994,795
Harvard University $854,747
Microsoft Corp $833,617
Google Inc $803,436
Citigroup Inc $701,290
JPMorgan Chase & Co $695,132
Time Warner $590,084
Sidley Austin LLP $588,598
Stanford University $586,557
National Amusements Inc $551,683
UBS AG $543,219
Wilmerhale Llp $542,618
Skadden, Arps et al $530,839
IBM Corp $528,822
Columbia University $528,302
Morgan Stanley $514,881
General Electric $499,130
US Government $494,820
Latham & Watkins $493,835

And McCain - Author of the Campaign Finance Reform Bill

Merrill Lynch $373,595
Citigroup Inc $322,051
Morgan Stanley $273,452
Goldman Sachs $230,095
JPMorgan Chase & Co $228,107
US Government $208,379
AT&T Inc $201,438
Wachovia Corp $195,063
UBS AG $192,493
Credit Suisse Group $183,353
PricewaterhouseCoopers $167,900
US Army $167,820
Bank of America $166,026
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher $159,596
Blank Rome LLP $154,226
Greenberg Traurig LLP $146,437
US Dept of Defense $144,105
FedEx Corp $131,974
Bear Stearns $117,498
Lehman Brothers $114,357

Bill Gates just had a long meeting with President Obama. Now you try it.

On Edit: Just a note about the UBS who gave so much money to both Obama and McCain. It is:

Headquartered in Zurich and Basel, Switzerland, UBS has offices in more than 50 countries, including all major financial centers, and employs approximately 65,000 people. Under Swiss company law, UBS is organized as an Aktiengesellschaft, a corporation that has issued shares of common stock to investors. UBS AG is the parent company of the UBS Group (Group).

Nice to know the Swiss have such a deep concern in US politics. Well. At least enough to spend a few million Francs on making sure they have a seat at the table.

[Jordan9]

Not trying to start a shit-storm of any sort, but I think it is telling that McCain's top contributor was smaller than the lowest of Obama's top contributors.

But, yeah, even look at the guys who were pushing for the bail-out. Sec. Paulson and all those guys. These big bank and big corp CEOs and executives do a small stint in the White House, deregulating as they see fit, and then return back to the private sector when they're done. It's more or less "going behind enemy lines" utterly gutting rules and regulations, and then returning back to base when the damage is done. It's guerilla ops.