Hooray! My first piece of campaign junk mail has arrived! Joni Ernsts Campaign is funded by Big Oil. Really? Whos isnt? (8.5 x 13 in. glossy card stock, funded by NEXGEN Climate IA. Way to go; preserve those natural resources). Im starting my collection. Whos in? Ive always wanted to see how much I can accumulate. Id like to collect a truckload and dump it all on the Capitol steps. How much of this bullshit gets stuffed into our mailboxes each season, blathering this bullshit agenda or another? By people who want to preserve our natural resources, or just to talk shit about the other guy. Promises, promises, by two parties who couldnt legislate their asses out of a hole in the ground. Unless of course, their incentive is bought and paid for (as well as millions of tons of card stock) by their corporate pimps. With unlimited campaign funding....from where; China? Pakistan? Cause we dont know anymore! As you can see, theyre all hedging their bets. Im bewildered how many people dont even care about this. Despite his rhetorical attacks on Wall Street, a study by the Sunlight Foundation’s Influence Project shows that President Barack Obama has received more money from Wall Street than any other politician over the past 20 years, including former President George W. Bush. In 2008, Wall Street’s largesse accounted for 20 percent of Obama’s total take, according to Reuters. … By the end of Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign, executives and others connected with Wall Street firms, such as Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Citigroup, UBS AG, JPMorgan Chase, and Morgan Stanley, poured nearly $15.8 million into his coffers. Goldman Sachs contributed slightly over $1 million to Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, compared with a little over $394,600 to the 2004 Bush campaign. Citigroup gave $736,771 to Obama in 2008, compared with $320,820 to Bush in 2004. Executives and others connected with the Swiss bank UBS AG donated $539,424 to Obama’s 2008 campaign, compared with $416,950 to Bush in 2004. And JPMorgan Chase gave Obama’s campaign $808,799 in 2008, but did not show up among Bush’s top donors in 2004, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. From 2008: On the Kerry side, contributions to the committees of Citizen Soldier Fund, Kerrys Senate campaigns from 1984-2002, and Kerrys 2004 presidential campaign through June 30, 2004 included: Citigroup $226,910, FleetBoston Financial Corp., $202,087, and Goldman Sachs Group $190,750. And not far down in Kerrys list one can find JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America, which recently merged with Fleet Financial, Kerrys biggest backer during his congressional career. DONT TAZE ME BRO!. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington-based group that analyzes raw Federal Elections Commission (FEC) data, if one combines all finance sector donors (including real estate, accounting corporations, insurance and stock brokers) the combined total contributions to Democratic and Republican parties and federal candidates so far in this election season is a staggering $218 million! Both major party presidential candidates are generously funded by the finance sector. And no, the Republi-cants dont get off so easy either. According to summaries provided by the non-partisan public interest group the Center for Public Integrity, contributions to Bushs campaigns for Congress, Texas governor and the presidency through the third quarter of this year show $353,000 from UBS Financial Services, $445,000 from Credit Suisse First Boston, $505,500 from Merrill Lynch, $493,000 from MBNA Corporation, and $343,000 from Goldman Sachs.
Posted on: Sat, 09 Aug 2014 14:52:04 +0000
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