The Governing Under the Influence campaign exposes the undue influence of corporations on militarized public policies in the U.S. From the F‐35 debacle to the detention bed mandate, we are asking: who profits from this kind of corporate cronyism? Who pays for it? 

Private companies invest millions in lobbying and election campaigns in order to pass policies that guarantee profits regardless of the human cost. Download the full infographic to see how money spent on lobbying affects policy, profits, and the rest of the world. 

“If you can’t drive under the influence, you shouldn’t be able to govern under the influence.”

– John Nichols, Washington Correspondent for The Nation magazine, referring to those who govern our country under the influence of corporate dollars, at Iowa's "Governing Under the Influence" Kickoff event on February 7th. 

This week we’ll hear proposals to massively increase military spending in the face of last year’s outcries about “draconian” cuts to our defense budget and criticism of “out of control” spending on public services. But don’t be fooled by the hyperbole. In fact, our military budget, still at historically unprecedented highs, was cut by less than one percent last year. The president’s proposed FY16 budget again preserves our outsized military spending while continuing a long, dangerous trend of underfunding human needs.