tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22183958.post7249102030283666331..comments2023-12-24T15:36:16.969-05:00Comments on Chuck for ...: Money, Politics, VotersChuck Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13656874242638324636noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22183958.post-6571422801409814812007-10-22T02:11:00.000-04:002007-10-22T02:11:00.000-04:00Zak,it is considerably more than a tax write-off, ...Zak,<BR/>it is considerably more than a tax write-off, it is a straight deduction from your total tax, you give $50 to politics, you keep $50 of your tax bill. That is seriously cool, should be $100 but take what you got.Chuck Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13656874242638324636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22183958.post-78448727701676287772007-10-22T01:40:00.000-04:002007-10-22T01:40:00.000-04:00We are many; they are few.Everyone in Oregon can g...We are many; they are few.<BR/><BR/>Everyone in Oregon can give $50 to their favorite political causes and get in back as a tax write off. Media costs money; campaigns cost money. If you don't fund the people you believe in, they will be outspent and drowned out.Zakariah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12751075547005542773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22183958.post-56229864611347442852007-10-21T22:37:00.000-04:002007-10-21T22:37:00.000-04:00Big money is going to be there, whatever our opini...Big money is going to be there, whatever our opinion of it. I thought I made it clear I think it stinks, that counts as whining. Contribute, buy it back. What point is there in telling me that the elite class is buying influence, I thought that was the whole point in this post.<BR/><BR/>Every time laws get passed about contributions either a route around them is found or the courts toss them. You want to do something about it? Or keep messing about doing nothing and then whining?Chuck Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13656874242638324636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22183958.post-35665389387860320072007-10-21T19:25:00.000-04:002007-10-21T19:25:00.000-04:00To comment again This is from David Sirota, my her...To comment again This is from David Sirota, my hero, from his creator column:<BR/> "In response to the push for the new NAFTAs, at least a few principled business leaders are saying enough is enough. Private equity executive Leo Hindery, a longtime Democratic fundraiser, told me in a recent interview, "The wealthy are now a political constituency unto themselves that is decidedly nonpartisan.<BR/><BR/>"Those who have personal skin in the trade policies game can't really be trusted to present things objectively or unselfishly," he said. "These folks are only interested in keeping the current system going and even expanding it, as grossly unfair to workers as it has become." <BR/>He is speacking of the 43 that were Clinton advisors and clan of that yellow dog William Jefferson Clinton..will Hillary be better...DUH NO!<BR/>So Chuck that big money influence is so dis-patrioctic and obtuse and really undermines the foundation of a democracy any way you choose to slice it. Big money in campigning or lobbying is the evil of today's politics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22183958.post-37042997653552035922007-10-21T14:31:00.000-04:002007-10-21T14:31:00.000-04:00John Edwards said there are corporate republicans ...John Edwards said there are corporate republicans and corporate democrats. <BR/>Sorry to disagree but I do not subscribe to Money equals free speech, that is pure brain wash. That sounds like the beginning of believing a 2 class system is best.<BR/>But I do think you are right that the tainted courts will keep this hoax in place...until there is a revolt by the people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com