{"article":{"id":229392,"heading":"$5 Billion in Lobbying for 12 Corrupt Deals Caused the Multi-Trillion Dollar Meltdown","author":"Robert Weissman","created":"2009-08-06 09:51:47","modified":"2009-08-06 09:51:47","last_modified":"Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:51:47","article":"<p>to read Robert Weissman's article published March 9, 2009, click on <br>  <br> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/module\/printversion\/130683\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/module\/printversion\/130683<\/a><\/p>\n","contact":"mbatko@lycos.com","link":"http:\/\/www.mbtranslations.com","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"$5 billion in lobbying to Congress got the financial industry lucrative legislative favors that paved the way for Wall Street's devastating collapse.\r\nhttp:\/\/www.alternet.org","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2009\/08\/229392.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}