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Some highlights:

* Eisenhower's original draft of the "military-industrial complex" speech originally referred to the "military-industrial-Congressional complex"

* every $1 spent on lobbying for lower corporate taxes brings a return of $6 to $20 in tax reductions

* the top 10 hedge fund managers last year made an average of $2.5 billion and paid 15% of that in tax

* "there were more people who believed in the British crown at the time of the Revolution than who believe in our Congress today"

More at: http://www.fixcongressfirst.org



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