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Consumer protection rarely focuses on actual consumers. Consider how often consumers receive coupons at the end of a lawsuit, even if trial attorneys leave with millions of dollars in fees. Or consider how the attorney general at McKinsey, a global think tank, used a massive government opioid deal to send $15 million to the National Association of Attorneys General and not make specific promises to put the money in or in the pockets of opioid crisis victims. families.
What needs to be stressed is how this systematic consumer neglect is symptomatic of the partisan takeover of consumer protection to support a left-wing political agenda.
Look no further than the Shady Trial Lawyer Pipeline: private court law firms that win lucrative government contracts from politicians under the guise of consumer protection, contracts that help spur millions of dollars in high partisan political donations to Democratic candidates and allied political committees.
A new report from the Consumer Alliance sheds light on the flood of shadow trial attorneys by looking at federal political donations between 2017 and 2020 by eight law firms called the Shadow Eight, which serve as shadow trial attorney springboards and all hold government contracts. . across the country. These companies have collectively raised at least $15 million in political donations to committees and candidates in the Federal Election monitoring system, directly and through their employees, staff and nearly 1,300 attorneys.
The $15 million from Shady Eight cuts down on federal donations from big American companies like BlackRock, Nike or Twitter. And the bias in donations is hard to understand: 99 percent goes to democratic campaigns and allied political committees. To get an idea of how aggressive these donations are, consider that the lowest percentage (98 percent) given to Democrats and their allies at Shadow Eight is from Motley Rice, whose partner Joe Rice raises a lot of money. Minister. Biden’s campaign. He is reported to have served as ambassador to the Bahamas.
If 99 percent commitment to democratic campaigns and relevant political committees isn’t enough, look where $15 million went. About 40 percent went to the political committees that make up the Democratic Party’s professional superstructure—party committees, foundations associated with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi or Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and other such organizations. More than $4 million went to Biden’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee. More than $4 million has been invested in Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate and their supporters on the Democratic Senator Campaign Committee. More than $2 million went to candidates on the Democratic Assembly and the Congressional Democratic Campaign Committee.
These numbers help explain why consumers often lag behind. Unsurprisingly, consumer protection is becoming increasingly visible when consumer protection is provided to litigation attorneys, 99 percent of whom are dedicated to Democratic candidates and relevant political committees, litigation attorneys who are more likely to sell large American companies for federal political donations. like left. . game for money.
Good management and honest management require the best. Note that this party’s political donations are backed by money from profitable government contracts signed by politicians and government officials, money actually in the pockets of taxpayers and consumers. These government contracts often lack basic safeguards, including core ethics. Contracts can sometimes be only a few pages long, as if written by litigation attorneys, and may have obvious flaws, such as lack of expiration date, adequate dispute protection, or provisions to ensure non-collection of unforeseen expenses for litigation attorneys. . from funds aimed at compensating victims.
The first step to pulling more money out of ordinary consumers’ pockets and fixing a broken consumer protection system is to seek out an obscure litigation attorney. Only the fiercest progressive activists think that consumer protection should be a political money game run by left-wing law firms. Real consumer protection takes precedence over ordinary consumers. True consumer advocacy puts money in consumers’ pockets rather than merely serving a left-wing political agenda. The time has come for our government officials to act accordingly and shut down the Shadow Trial Advocate Pipeline.
Source: Breitbart
