Former F1 world champion Mario Andretti held a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol with Michigan Rep. John James to make their case for admitting Andretti Cadillac on the grid.
It’s been said that old Mario made twice as much money trading stock than he did racing cars. He was better at it than his twin brother Aldo, who was a very successful stock broker.
I can’t remember what the exact numbers were, but that last time I saw someone put together charts of “oh this company gave $X to Reps A, B, and C, and they all backed this law, hm”, it was something depressingly low, like 25k.
I don’t know enough about American politics to know how much it costs to pay off a rep, but Mario racked up over $100,000 worth of donations to Republicans, and his daughter-in-law, Jodi Peterson, about $30,000 to both parties.
Edit: Mario is at $144k according to www.fec.gov
It’s been said that old Mario made twice as much money trading stock than he did racing cars. He was better at it than his twin brother Aldo, who was a very successful stock broker.
I can’t remember what the exact numbers were, but that last time I saw someone put together charts of “oh this company gave $X to Reps A, B, and C, and they all backed this law, hm”, it was something depressingly low, like 25k.