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Who got the gravy? (blog)
September 7, 2006

Amway Exposed, Part Five: Amway Money in Politics

Amway has a long history of exchanging campaign contributions for political influence and favorable legislation. As Betsy DeVos famously put it, "I have decided, however, to stop taking offense at the suggestion that we are buying influence... they are right. We do expect some things in return."

Unfortunately, Amway has used its influence to achieve goals that are not in the public interest, such as securing tax breaks for itself and pushing legislation to make the execution of the Amway "tools" scam easier.

Dick DeVos is using Amway money in his campaign to become the Governor of Michigan. Therefore, an examination of the way that Amway money has been used in politics in the past is very relevant to this race, because it gives us a good indication of how this Amway-purchased influence could impact the people of Michigan in the future.

Also see:

Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation

Amway's GOPyramid Scheme

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