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Member Section => Politics & RKBA => Topic started by: tombogan03884 on July 10, 2012, 12:39:58 PM
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http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/hot-dogs-slick-ads-unions-spent-4-4-151032009.html
A Wall Street Journal analysis of political spending unveiled Tuesday found that organized labor groups dropped a combined $4.4 billion on political activities between 2006 and 2011, about four times more than previously estimated.
The Journal cast a wide net to determine what counted as "political spending," including activities that range from traditional candidate donations to the cost of hot dogs for union demonstrators at political rallies.
To find the additional costs, the newspaper added spending reports filed with the Labor Department to Federal Election Commission spending data. From the report, which is partially behind a paywall at WSJ.com, but is available in full at FoxNews.com:
The usual measure of unions' clout encompasses chiefly what they spend supporting federal candidates through their political-action committees, which are funded with voluntary contributions, and lobbying Washington, which is a cost borne by the unions' own coffers.
These kinds of spending, which unions report to the Federal Election Commission and to Congress, totaled $1.1 billion from 2005 through 2011, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.
The unions' reports to the Labor Department capture an additional $3.3 billion that unions spent over the same period on political activity.
The costs reported to the Labor Department range from polling fees, to money spent persuading union members to vote a certain way, to bratwursts to feed Wisconsin workers protesting at the state capitol last year. Much of this kind of spending comes not from members' contributions to a PAC but directly from unions' dues-funded coffers. There is no requirement that unions report all of this kind of spending to the Federal Election Commission, or FEC.
Union spending goes overwhelmingly to Democratic candidates and liberal causes. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks political spending, 92 percent of the $58.5 million in direct candidate donations from 1990 to 2012 went toward Democratic candidates.
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The article touched on it with the union spending, but why don't the Democrats ever talk about all the Hollywood money that flows into their coffers? Ted Turner, Whoopie Goldberg, Ron Howard, Jane Fonda, etc. with both personal money and money from their huge corporations. Amazing that according to the Democrats and the mainstream media there is no spending there.
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JP Morgan also was a huge political contributor to,...........
wait for it,.........
The BHO campaign....
It's a crock.
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I'm shocked, shocked I tell you!
Double Standard?: DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz Invested in Swiss Bank Accounts, But Slammed Romney For Same Thing
http://foxnewsinsider.com/2012/07/11/double-standard-dnc-chair-debbie-wasserman-schultz-invested-in-swiss-bank-accounts-but-slammed-romney-for-same-thing/ (http://foxnewsinsider.com/2012/07/11/double-standard-dnc-chair-debbie-wasserman-schultz-invested-in-swiss-bank-accounts-but-slammed-romney-for-same-thing/)
While hypocrisy is common in both parties it seems to be a mainstay of the Democrats. The fact that the lame-stream media turns a blind eye to it is most annoying.
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I'm shocked, shocked I tell you!
Double Standard?: DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz Invested in Swiss Bank Accounts, But Slammed Romney For Same Thing
http://foxnewsinsider.com/2012/07/11/double-standard-dnc-chair-debbie-wasserman-schultz-invested-in-swiss-bank-accounts-but-slammed-romney-for-same-thing/ (http://foxnewsinsider.com/2012/07/11/double-standard-dnc-chair-debbie-wasserman-schultz-invested-in-swiss-bank-accounts-but-slammed-romney-for-same-thing/)
While hypocrisy is common in both parties it seems to be a mainstay of the Democrats. The fact that the lame-stream media turns a blind eye to it is most annoying.
The media has been in the tank to socialism ever since the 20's when the NYT's Walter Duranty was writing from the Soviet Ukraine and saw no signs of Stalin's famine that killed millions.
Liberals have been lying to cover for America's foes since before they adopted proven Soviet spies like Alger Hiss and the Rosenberg's.
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Left complains about corporate donations to everything, when they don't get their way
FIFY ;) ;D ;D ;D
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FIFY ;) ;D ;D ;D
Yep, you sure did.
See if you can fix this smarty.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/07/busy-month-for-obama-campaign-with-fundraisers-in-switzerland-sweden-paris-and-communist-china/
Busy Month for Obama Campaign with Fundraisers in Switzerland, Sweden, Paris and Communist China
Believe it or not I found it confirmed on Dem Underground but the post has since been deleted !
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002955560
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Yep, you sure did.
See if you can fix this smarty.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/07/busy-month-for-obama-campaign-with-fundraisers-in-switzerland-sweden-paris-and-communist-china/
Busy Month for Obama Campaign with Fundraisers in Switzerland, Sweden, Paris and Communist China
Believe it or not I found it confirmed on Dem Underground but the post has since been deleted !
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002955560
Pal, I'm afraid the only thing that'll fix that is either the ballot box (temporary fix, at best) or a multi-door gallows in DC. :(
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Pal, I'm afraid the only thing that'll fix that is either the Plan A:ballot box (temporary fix, at best) or Plan B:a multi-door gallows in DC. :(
I think a plan is always nice, and a peaceful Plan A would be nice. However, Plan B would send a message that would last a couple generations.
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What a shock groups give money to those that will help them. GE for example gave money to bush. And obama.