Obama TOP donors
 

Top Contributors to Barack Obama | OpenSecrets

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I thought liberals didn't like these people, will President Prince Barry Big Ears give them the shaft too along with his anti war pals...........:singing:

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It is no surprise that Obama's top donors: Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Citgroup, and Morgan Stanley received unprecedented government assistance and are now earning boffo profits in the midst of a recession with millions of unemployed Americans.

In contrast, the non-donors - Lehman Brothers and Bears Stearns -- were forced into bankruptcy without any government assistance.

This is Obama's crony capitalism at work.

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From the same source...

319,000 people gave $345,650,000 millions to Obama for an average donation of $1084
140,000 people gave $162,900,000 millions to McCain for an average donation of $1164

If McCain worked harder and appealed to more people then he would have raised more money.. :D:D

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Or if he didn't have unions like SEIU spending tens of millions of dollars both for Obama and against McCain......

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The only way to change campaign finance is through a Constitutional amendment. Until that happens, political parties will have to whore themselves to whoever they can. That said, at least Obama's list includes some Universities, and he got record number of small donations, more than 3 millions, so perhaps that's why he's fighting for things like national health care, that will benefit the little guy more than the big corporations.

Here are McCain's top donors from the same source:


Merrill Lynch $373,595
Citigroup Inc $322,051
Morgan Stanley $273,452
Goldman Sachs $230,095
JPMorgan Chase & Co $228,107
US Government $208,379
AT&T Inc $202,438
Wachovia Corp $195,063
Credit Suisse Group $183,353
UBS AG $183,079
PricewaterhouseCoopers $167,900
Bank of America $166,026
US Army $165,370
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher $159,596
Blank Rome LLP $154,226
Greenberg Traurig LLP $146,437
US Dept of Defense $143,605
FedEx Corp $131,974
Lehman Brothers $126,057
Bear Stearns $117,498

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It's great that groups representing tens of thousands of working people helped Obama get elected. After all, it's thanks to unions that we have things like the 40 hour work week, vacation pay, health insurance, sick leave, safe working conditions, etc. Let's hope unions return to greater power so that the minimum wage goes up and work day gets shorter.

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Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns were McCain donors, but not Obama's. So they were promptly eliminated.

Bank of America and Merrill Lynch were McCain donors but not Obama's. So Treasury forced Bank of American to buy out the toxic Merill Lynch in the hope that both companies will be eliminated.

All these things make perfect sense to me.

This is called Obama's crony capitalism.

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No they have themselves to thank for institutional bureaucracy. How has that worked out with a bloated public service sector in California...oh they're bankrupt nearly....What about the UAW and General Motors....??? Admit it, the unions are the flip side of corporate America donating money to protect their own special interests, no different than corporations or lobbyists.
As for raising the minimum wage and a shorter work week? That will make us real competitive in a global economy. I love it how people who have never signed the front a paycheck are experts on running businesses. Now that the unions are owning GM, let's see how that works out...