Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Bubbles???

A great graph on lobbying expenditures in Washington:  here. I think it goes right along with the reading for this week.
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6 comments:

  1. Dane CareyApril 26, 2011 at 9:04 AM

    This is a really cool graph. Not only informative, but easy to read and comprehend.

    I was really shocked to see that the tobacco bubble is in decline. I think that is great, but I figured during the recession, people would need that extra smoke break or two...

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  2. BethApril 27, 2011 at 9:13 AM

    I am surprised that oil and gas is not growing faster than electric utilities. Maybe that's because we don't see the price of our electric utilities advertised to us every day, but it sure seems like oil and gas are experiencing huge jumps in prices. I also agree with Dane-I would think that tobacco would be a growing industry at the moment as well.

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  3. RyanApril 27, 2011 at 4:43 PM

    I agree with Beth here, I am also surprised that electric utilities is growing faster than oil and gas. Based on the price of gas, it would make you believe it would be anyways. Very nice graph.

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  4. Andrew ManorApril 28, 2011 at 5:50 PM

    Well I guess I wasn't the only one a little surprised at how oil and gas was growing at a slower speed than the others.

    I was surprised that the "abortion" group was even on this chart, so would this be pro abortion or anti abortion groups? Either way, just a little eyebrow raiser.

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  5. RichardApril 29, 2011 at 6:34 AM

    Too bad there are no consumer friendly lobbies on there......

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  6. Ankur JainApril 30, 2011 at 6:32 PM

    I really liked this graph. It reinforces the ideas of how much lobbyists control the government. I can't say I'm surprised that lobbyists for oil companies are growing at a slower rate because there is already big forces of congressmen and women who support oil companies. I think an increase on the negative consequences of tobacco in the media and in health care are beginning to change. You can't smoke indoors anywhere in Michigan now, and the culture of the US is changing towards that direction as well. Regardless, the money spent lobbying politicians is absurd.

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