I think the most fantastic thing about it is that we all paid for electing a president. Roughly $10 each (new born and elderly included). Is it fun for those money? I am sure the money did very little to improve the quality of the election. Still two guys who's biggest concern is to be elected and reelected.
Best Regards , Lennart Thornros www.StrategicLeadershipSac.com [email protected] +1 916 436 1899 202 Granite Park Court, Lincoln CA 95648 “Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.” PJM On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 1:04 PM, MarkI-ZeroPoint <[email protected]> wrote: > Steven, > The NYT article is so blatantly one-sided, but of course, you know that... > at least, I hope you do. > > The internet makes it so easy to read multiple and diverse sources in order > to be better informed... > > When one looks at the TOTAL picture of campaign finance, there is NO > significant difference... bottom line from last presidential election: > -------- > Romney's campaign spent $433.3 million in 2012, while outside groups and > the > Republican Party helped push the GOP's 2012 presidential total to $1.24 > billion, according to Federal Election Commission filings from the Center > for Responsive Politics. > > Obama's reelection campaign spent $683.5 million, with the Democratic Party > and outside groups pushing the total to $1.1 billion, according to FEC > filings. > ------- > > So for the 2012 election: > - Repubs $1.24B > - Dems $1.1 B > > The Repubs raised less than 10% more than the Dems, and it didn't win them > the election, so like I said, the is NO significant difference when one > looks at the total picture. If the NYT were to look at funding by trade > unions and other pro-gov groups, the Dems would be 'buying the election'. > > -mark iverson > > -----Original Message----- > From: Orionworks - Steven Vincent Johnson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2015 9:25 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Vo]:OT: Interesting interactive graphics depicting who is buying > the 2016 presidential race > > From NY Times. Enjoy! > > 158 Families Make Up Half of 2016 Election Funding > > > http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/11/us/politics/2016-presidential- > > election-super-pac-donors.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=photo- > spot-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=1 > > http://tinyurl.com/n9u26t6 > > Regards, > Steven Vincent Johnson > OrionWorks.com > zazzle.com/orionworks > >
