Campaign Cash: Who's Spending Where in 2010, page 1

posted on Sep, 24 2010 @ 01:47 PM

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Below is a running tally of campaign spending by interest groups. It shows Republicans outspending Democrats by nearly 2 to 1. This is all due to the Citizens United decision by the Supreme Court eight months ago, in which corporations were judged to have the same rights as individuals and therefore could spend illimitable amounts to buy elections.

It's interesting to me that it appears to be labor unions that are the big donors to Democrats and corporations and other businesses to the Republicans.

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Below those that are at the top of the list:

Americans for Job Security
$2,518,957 $1,280,828 $144,200 $7,421,062
88% Republican
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
$1,750,000 $1,103,024 $673,518 $6,925,037
96% Republican
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
$339,025 $816,607 $1,641,381 $6,672,081
100% Democratic
Service Employees International Union
$695,000 $189,898 $50,000 $5,947,590
100% Democratic
American Future Fund
$81,223 $2,675,903 $446,776 $5,746,086
100% Republican
60 Plus Association
$207,073 $152,296 $2,977,257 $5,516,241
100% Republican
American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees
$45,907 $85,053 $85,400 $5,459,155
100% Democratic
National Republican Congressional Committee
$2,576,546 $157,752 $31,631 $3,724,825
100% Republican
Club For Growth
$1,018,757 $129,164 $7,714 $3,251,952
100% Republican
American Crossroads
$855,815 $0 $1,104,784 $2,414,941
100% Republican
Our Country Deserves Better (teapartyexpress.org)
$24,856 $167,540 $52,130 $2,109,798
100% Republican
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
$315,020 $99,218 $49,952 $1,758,179
100% Democratic
Working America
$63,224 $36,659 $16,951 $1,435,288
100% Democratic
Robert Kirkland
$0 $0 $0 $1,414,483
100% Republican
Arkansans for Change
$0 $0 $0 $1,294,112
100% Democratic
American Action Network
$0 $0 $0 $1,279,792
100% Republican
Americans for Tax Reform
$1,122,710 $0 $0 $1,122,710
100% Republican
League of Conservation Voters
$122,335 $15,166 $122,406 $1,105,862
100% Democratic
National Republican Senatorial Committee
$1,008,228 $0 $0 $1,008,228
100% Republican
Patriot Majority
$325,000 $18,000 $340,000 $1,003,721
100% Democratic
Senate Conservatives Fund
$0 $117,533 $38,495 $895,150
100% Republican
Women Vote!
$0 $260,625 $0 $756,861
100% Democratic
Californians for a Balanced Budget And Better Economy
$0 $0 $0 $750,000
100% Republican
Communications Workers Of America
$0 $0 $0 $701,014
100% Democratic
Arkansans for Common Sense
$0 $0 $0 $600,768
100% Democratic

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Modern campaigns have always been about cash. The Citizens United decision has only opened the floodgates for unlimited $ to be funneled into the political process, whereas before there were some restrictions.

Insofar as the unions represent ordinary working people, I'm inclined to think their donations are not as insidious as those of big corporate interests. But then that's my bias.

We shall see who will buy this coming November's elections.

Somehow I don't think this is what the founding fathers had in mind when they created our democracy.

edit on 24-9-2010 by Sestias because: Clarity

gpena

posted on Sep, 24 2010 @ 02:27 PM

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edit on 24-9-2010 by gpena because: (no reason given)

neo96

posted on Sep, 24 2010 @ 03:20 PM

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reply to post by Sestias

acutally who is buying november will be interesting to see considering the fact that there are millions of americans who have no job no home.

it wouldnt surpise me at all if people went out and actually sold their blood to donate.

gop has the momentum right now as well as the teaparties and since the gop has a base with "richer" people than the teaparties

im leaning in the direction that the gop will end up buying november

Sestias

posted on Sep, 24 2010 @ 03:42 PM

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reply to post by neo96

You could very well be right.

The average citizen will not have money to donate to PACs but the billionaires will.

saltheart foamfollower

posted on Sep, 25 2010 @ 04:46 AM

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reply to post by Sestias

Do not forget about the super enriched Unions.

We all know they have gotten HUGE taxpayer stimulus funds to enrich someone's campaign coffers.

I do not know which party though.

Might have to do some heavy research to figure that one out.

Now, who else could of got stimulus funds that will somehow make it back into someone's campaign coffers?

thehill.com...

Hey, have you heard? The Government Motors is donating money to a party, I wonder who? Is this one in your list? Hmmmm, a GOVERNMENT controlled company making donations. Hmmmm, I wonder if THAT is a conflict of interest. I wonder who will look into that?

Sestias

posted on Sep, 25 2010 @ 11:59 AM

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reply to post by saltheart foamfollower

My understanding is that Union members in Detroit had to accept cuts in pay and benefits when GM got stimulus money.

Many people, apparently, think auto workers make too much money and should only be paid what the non-union car companies pay. In other words, they should sacrifice the gains that the union had struggled to achieve over the years for the rank and file assembly line guy or gal.

I think a lot of people are just sour grapes because they think the auto workers make more than they do. In their minds they deserve better pay than anybody else, and if they don't get it, then the better-paid workers should be punished. Not that they should organize themselves, mind you, but that others should suffer as they do.

I'm a union member, it's true, so I'm partisan. But I do believe that while some of the union bosses are corrupt and in collusion with the big businesses their members work for, unions have in the long run done more good than harm.

saltheart foamfollower

posted on Sep, 25 2010 @ 02:18 PM

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Let me see.

Could there be a conflict of interest in this component?

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American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees has reported spending a total of $5,459,155 on independent campaigning so far this year, with 100% benefiting Democratic candidates. Back to group list.

Seems to me there is a LOT OF CONFLICTS of interest involving people that work for government or that have gotten HUGE MONEY from the government.

HMMMMMM, wonder where I am going with this. MAYBE the government is a self perpetuating MONSTROSITY!

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Service Employees International Union Service Employees International Union has reported spending a total of $5,947,590 on independent campaigning so far this year, with 100% benefiting Democratic candidates. Back to group list. Mouse over the map bubbles to learn more. Spending by party: Total • Democrats • Republicans $3,068 (in thousands)$800$1Democratic SEIU is one of the largest unions in the United States with 2.2 million members in three industries: health, government and property services. The union, which split from the AFL-CIO labor federation in 2005, has been one of the most aggressive politically and has a distinctive style of electioneering, running mostly positive ads and using small donations from its members instead of general treasury funds to fund its political operation. It has the largest federal political action committee (PAC) in the country.

Wow, isn't SEIU the thugs that tend to attack those in the private sector. Almost like the government has it's very own gestapo. You know what, I think the government should not be allowed to fund their own candidates. Something just seems wrong about that.