NRA spent 32M lobbying last year, 2012

Wow, that sounds like a lot..unless of course you consider what others spent.

Let's keep it simple and just look at sectors:

Lawyers spent: $239M

Finance/Banks spent: $639M

Ideology/Single-Issues: $319M

Labor (Unions): $174M

Hmm, that 32M doesn't seem like too much anymore. I guess it is nice when you take numbers completely out of context.

http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/index.php

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