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Top Contributors to Barack Obama | OpenSecrets
To Contributors to Obama's 2008 campaign, OR WERE THEY?
University of California $1,591,395
Goldman Sachs $994,795
Harvard University $854,747
Microsoft Corp $833,617
Google Inc $803,436
Citigroup Inc $701,290
JPMorgan Chase & Co $695,132
Time Warner $590,084
Sidley Austin LLP $588,598
Stanford University $586,557
National Amusements Inc $551,683
UBS AG $543,219
Wilmerhale Llp $542,618
Skadden, Arps et al $530,839
IBM Corp $528,822
Columbia University $528,302
Morgan Stanley $514,881
General Electric $499,130
US Government $494,820
Latham & Watkins $493,835
These companies are listed as the top contributers to President Obama's 2008 campaign.
But this money didn't actually come from the companies themselves. People who work at those companies held fundraisers, or gave private donations and then bundled the money together and listed the company they work at as the "contributor".
It would be as if all the people in my neighborhood gave fundraisers, put the money in a pot, sent it to Obama's campaign fund and said, "This money is from Chicago".
Top Industries, John McCain | OpenSecrets
It's interesting, Oil and Gas appeared at number 11 for top contributors to John McCain, but didn't even make Obama's list.
Republicans are making a "big deal" about Obama's contributions from BP. All 71 thousand. Actually, the money came from the employees. And when you look at their total contributions:
"Fifty-seven percent of BP's contributions went to Republicans, while 43 percent went to Democrats."
Obama was top recipient of BP-related dollars in 2008 - CNN.com
Rather a "mixed message", wouldn't you say?
Since the money came from the "employees" and NOT the company itself, do Republicans understand why those companies would have very little influence?
Not anymore. Not after the Republican/Conservative Supreme Court Decision making companies "citizens".
Who would companies, who are in search of cheap labor and deregulation, prefer to fund? Do the math.
To Contributors to Obama's 2008 campaign, OR WERE THEY?
University of California $1,591,395
Goldman Sachs $994,795
Harvard University $854,747
Microsoft Corp $833,617
Google Inc $803,436
Citigroup Inc $701,290
JPMorgan Chase & Co $695,132
Time Warner $590,084
Sidley Austin LLP $588,598
Stanford University $586,557
National Amusements Inc $551,683
UBS AG $543,219
Wilmerhale Llp $542,618
Skadden, Arps et al $530,839
IBM Corp $528,822
Columbia University $528,302
Morgan Stanley $514,881
General Electric $499,130
US Government $494,820
Latham & Watkins $493,835
These companies are listed as the top contributers to President Obama's 2008 campaign.
But this money didn't actually come from the companies themselves. People who work at those companies held fundraisers, or gave private donations and then bundled the money together and listed the company they work at as the "contributor".
It would be as if all the people in my neighborhood gave fundraisers, put the money in a pot, sent it to Obama's campaign fund and said, "This money is from Chicago".
Top Industries, John McCain | OpenSecrets
It's interesting, Oil and Gas appeared at number 11 for top contributors to John McCain, but didn't even make Obama's list.
Republicans are making a "big deal" about Obama's contributions from BP. All 71 thousand. Actually, the money came from the employees. And when you look at their total contributions:
"Fifty-seven percent of BP's contributions went to Republicans, while 43 percent went to Democrats."
Obama was top recipient of BP-related dollars in 2008 - CNN.com
Rather a "mixed message", wouldn't you say?
Since the money came from the "employees" and NOT the company itself, do Republicans understand why those companies would have very little influence?
Not anymore. Not after the Republican/Conservative Supreme Court Decision making companies "citizens".
Who would companies, who are in search of cheap labor and deregulation, prefer to fund? Do the math.