Campaign

They raise over 60 mil/month – where can the public look up how they spend it? I remember Hillary had 2 people on her staff with a salary of over $200,000/month since then my curiosity is sparked.

Sort of – expenditures have to be accounted for and reported to the FEC. One could theoretically find out details through a FOIA request. Certainly the media has managed to ferret out such details, so there must be a way to do it.

FOX news
CNN
MSNBC

I need to find out how much money they gave to each party during the 2008 election..
I can’t find anything =/
Ag M- Yeah that’s what I need to know. I need to know how much money they have given to each party, not necessarily the candidates. I guess the 2008 election isn’t needed, but just in general. How much has these channels given to each party?

Most of these corporations give to PAC’s (Political Action Committees) I know that when I was researching donations I found that Rupert Murdoch (owner of Fox) contributed the maximum amount for an individual of $2,000 to Hillary Clinton and $2,000 to John McCain.

FOX news
CNN
MSNBC

I need to find out how much money they gave to each party during the 2008 election..
I can’t find anything =/
Ag M- Yeah that’s what I need to know. I need to know how much money they have given to each party, not necessarily the candidates. I guess the 2008 election isn’t needed, but just in general. How much has these channels given to each party?

Most of these corporations give to PAC’s (Political Action Committees) I know that when I was researching donations I found that Rupert Murdoch (owner of Fox) contributed the maximum amount for an individual of $2,000 to Hillary Clinton and $2,000 to John McCain.

as well? To get contributions from all of our allies and trade partners that Obama has stepped all over?

Like Obama got money from Hamas, and the filthy rich European, Slavic, and Muslim billionaires and terrorists?

Equal Protection = if a law is not enforced on all equally, it is invalid towards all.

I think I should probably take the illegal money from ex-cons and Chinese nationals.

That will make it easier to discredit them when I’m caught!

Then I can take the money and keep running for office, right?
Good answer bitterpill, I’m only perpetuating the false dichotomy that was presented to me.

Only if your a good democrat, if you are a Republican you will be shamed in the media, forced to leave public office and end up selling used cars in Encino California:)

Jim Puplava talks to Gerald Celente about the current events forming futur trends, such as healt care, corporatism, war, corruption, bribery, campaign contributions, independent candidate, third party candidates, family farm taxes, lloyd blankfein God’s work, goldman sachs, wall street mafia, the TERROR 2010 trend.
recorded on November 28th 2009

Duration : 0:7:14

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it could be viewed two ways:
1. politicians supply access, campaign donors demand access and pay for it with campaign funds
2. campaign donors supply campaign funds, politicians demand campaign funds and pay for it with access

if you look at the relationship between big $$ donors and politicians, you see campaign funds and political access are the two things being traded in this market. but who is the seller and who is the buyer? who has the upper hand?

On average, a sitting senator must raise about $20,000 each day to support the next re-election campaign. This really irritates McCain, who has pushed for campaign finance reform. Another problem is that when legislation is proposed, the task of writing it is given to lobbyists, not the representative’s staff. So, under the current system, you get the money, but do none of the labor, except for voting for your master’s agenda.

The solution is to create a publicly funded campaign system where private interests cannot dictate legislation. How about $20 per year to end fascism in America?

Jim Puplava talks to Gerald Celente about the current events forming futur trends, such as healt care, corporatism, war, corruption, bribery, campaign contributions, independent candidate, third party candidates, family farm taxes, lloyd blankfein God’s work, goldman sachs, wall street mafia, the TERROR 2010 trend.
recorded on November 28th 2009

Duration : 0:7:14

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Their must be a lot of Obama supporters who feel betrayed.
Liberals rarely answer a question about Obama without bashing Bush or McCain.
Obama refines and adds details to his policies??? Nice try at spinning this one.

YES, and you can write to his campaign and ask for any contribution you made to be returned!

I know several people who have done just that, all they ask for his what date and how you made the contribution, you have to have some proof!

Ever since the fall of the political party machines and the Progressive Era, big companies and special interest have been funding the payroll of all the presidential candidates. What do they get out of it? It’s a well known fact that corporations and interest groups rule American politics with their lobbying and underhand bribes, but in a Presidential election, if the candidate they endorse does get in to office, what kind of priviledges and benefits would they get and at what cost for the American people?

Well, most people assume that they are buying favors, and some probably are. I’ve certainly read some pretty shady stuff about Guiliani’s business dealings, which were a non-issue because he failed to get votes. And Bush has been pretty crooked himself.

But the other reason is that they think the candidate will benefit them indirectly. Maybe Senator X has a record of voting along pro-business, anti-regulation lines – that person might make a good president for a company that doesn’t want pollution caps put on their factories.

Maybe Senator Y is known to be pro-homeland security and war effort. That would make a good president for anyone in the war/security industry. Senator Z wants to raise teachers’ salaries – a great place for teachers to lay their money. Senator W is religious and believes in using the presidency to legislate morality – that’s someone the religious right might want to give money to.

Even if these Senators don’t promise anything to the individual special interests, they make a good investment.