In 2009, why did trial lawyers donate $636,000 to dems and only $5k to republican...

...candidates? In February, just two months before he became a Democrat, Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania introduced "S 437, [which] would allow trial lawyers to deduct immediately on their taxes up-front expenses they incur when investing in contingency lawsuits.

The tax break is reportedly worth $1.6 billion to trial lawyers. If Specter’s amendment passes, this single provision would more than repay the legal industry for its roughly $762 million in political contributions to Democrats over the last two decades.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Trial-lawyers-seek-return-on-contributions-to-Senate-Democrats-53177542.html
 
The democrats are blocking tort reform. That would be a huge part of a viable health care reform. But the bribe taking democrats will not pass it.
 
information like this is out there for everyone to see, yet nothing is ever done about it. It's become really sad what politicians can do and no one bats an eye.
 
Democrats support the lawyers and their money grubbing ways. In addition to the post about Specter, Obama told the AMA that he would do nothing to cap punitive damage lawsuits in medical malpractice cases. It has nothing to do with respect for the law or the Constitution, it has everything to do with lining the pockets of scoundrels and then getting some of that money back in the form of campaign contributions.
 
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