USA Today had a nice piece this morning reviewing an interesting habit of investment management firms, of contributing large amounts of money to elected state officials who have control over the investment of pension fund money. For those trivia fans out there, yes, well-known billionaire and Social Security foe Peter Peterson is on the list of big givers.
--Dean baker
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