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It is true that things are rarely as simple as we'd like to draw them. It is also true that the current system we have for political contributions breeds corruption, not just in one party or the other, but in our political system in general. Getting into power and staying there is expensive, and it is naive to think that the gifts come without strings. So lists like this are not conclusive evidence of anything other than the raw numbers, but saying you can't draw any useful conclusions is also misleading.
Tst has been doing statistics on the significance of donations on one's support of SOPA over in another HN story that you might find more enlightening than this non-story:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3439840
"You can see quite easily that there's a difference which is also significant (95%, t = -4.73)."
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3439840
"You can see quite easily that there's a difference which is also significant (95%, t = -4.73)."
Was there a place where he gave a 'fake' reason? or any statement at all regarding SOPA and a veto.
The relationship between industry groups and Congress is a very complicated multi-dimensional relationship. A given member of Congress often receives significant funding from conflicting groups, and any given group is interested in a variety of legislation.
You can't draw any useful conclusions from the submitted simple list.