In 2016, $3.5B was spent on lobbying.
That is equivalent to $5.9 million per member of Congress.
The average annual salary of a congressman is $175,000
We spend more and get less than industrial nations on:
Airline tickets
Medicine
Medical treatment
Education
Cable internet
Cellphone service
Food
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Wissam, Wesley, or simply W, is an educator, writer, entrepreneur, engineer, activist, ex-Imam, humanist, liberal thinker with interest and mediocre attempt at many takes of life. A modern confused Renaissance man, who uses doubt as a path for emancipation and science as a road towards enlightenment.
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