{"id":21899,"date":"2014-02-14T14:10:57","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T19:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=21899"},"modified":"2014-02-14T14:17:44","modified_gmt":"2014-02-14T19:17:44","slug":"this-list-may-be-a-surprise-to-some-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=21899","title":{"rendered":"This List May Be A Surprise To Some People"},"content":{"rendered":"

Open Secrets<\/a> has posted a list of the top donors to Republicans and Democrats<\/a> from 1989 to 2014. It is not really a surprise to me that you have to go down to number 17 to find a donor who donated more to the Republicans than Democrats. Koch Industries<\/a>, the organization<\/a> liberals love to cite as the buyer of elections, is number 59 on the list.<\/p>\n

There is too much money<\/a> in American<\/a> politics, but it is ironic that most of the people who have traditionally complained about that fact do not realize that it’s not the rich Republicans contributing the money–it’s unions who support Democrats. Keep in mind that the union membership<\/a> does not always have a say in how their dues are spent. At least in industry, a CEO is accountable to either stockholders or executive board members. Of the top fifteen organizations giving the most money, 12 are unions. Of the top fifteen organizations giving the most money, there are four organizations that gave to both parties fairly equally, and none that gave a majority of their money to Republicans.<\/p>\n

Yes, there probably is too much money in politics, but it isn’t coming from rich Republicans.<\/p>\n

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