Ron Paul says he has 2.4 million cash on hand (3rd among GOPs)

[Quantumystic]

Quick question...

My wife and I own a new small business. It's my understanding EACH of us can legally donate up to $2,300. Which would be $4,600.

What about the business?

I'm pretty sure the business is allowed to make contributions as well.

Any sage advice out there on limits?

 

[Quantumystic]

And what's the deal if we have more than one business? Can ALL of them contribute the legal limit?

 

[angrydragon]

A youtube comment on Ron's channel.

"I guess not only is congress spending money "like a drunken sailor", Mr. McCain's Campaign is also."

McCain, the irony.

 

[LibertyOfOne]

2.66 million viewers.

If only 1% of those viewers looked up who Ron is and donated $37.60, another cool million added to the coffers.

 

[MsDoodahs]

with so many of the republican primaries being winner take all, it should be good for ron paul to have fred thompson join the race and mccain stay in. they will split up the neocon/cfr/trilateralist/bohemian grove/skull and bones vote allowing ron paul to win with a handful of new votors.

Yep, that is what I was thinking, too.

 

[angrydragon]

Quick question...

My wife and I own a new small business. It's my understanding EACH of us can legally donate up to $2,300. Which would be $4,600.

What about the business?

I'm pretty sure the business is allowed to make contributions as well.

Any sage advice out there on limits?

Try asking Bradley.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/member.php?u=316

 

[paulitics]

A youtube comment on Ron's channel.

"I guess not only is congress spending money "like a drunken sailor", Mr. McCain's Campaign is also."

McCain, the irony.

funny as hell

 

[MozoVote]

My gut feeling is the official number will be a smidge higher than 2.4mil. They'll discover a few more checks in drawers they missed depositing, or large donations that were waiting to clear.

 

[Exponent]

Quick question...

My wife and I own a new small business. It's my understanding EACH of us can legally donate up to $2,300. Which would be $4,600.

What about the business?

I'm pretty sure the business is allowed to make contributions as well.

Any sage advice out there on limits?

I don't think so. According to the FEC's Citizens' Guide

Corporations and Unions

The law also prohibits contributions from corporations and labor unions. This prohibition applies to any incorporated organization, profit or nonprofit. For example, the owner of an incorporated "mom and pop" grocery store is not permitted to use a business account to make contributions. Instead, the owner would have to use a personal account. A corporate employee may make contributions through a nonrepayable corporate drawing account, which allows the individual to draw personal funds against salary, profits or other compensation.

 

[Quantumystic]

I don't think so. According to the FEC's Citizens' Guide

Damn!

What about PACs? Not officially part of the campaign?

 

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

My wife and I own a new small business. It's my understanding EACH of us can legally donate up to $2,300. Which would be $4,600.

What about the business?

Only individuals can contribute. See the guy above me. HOWEVER, I believe kids can contribute (from their own money/accounts, ahem, but I'm sure your kids have each earned $2,300 this year in their new allowance, right?), AND you may contribute $2,300 each to the pre-nomination campaign and an additional $2,300 each to the general election, though RP cannot touch the general election funds until after the nomination.

Have I just muddied things further?

 

[MozoVote]

Damn!

What about PACs? Not officially part of the campaign?

Seems like the RP movement is so spontaneous, that nobody wants to bother with the recordkeeping of a PAC. People just take matters into their own hands and spend their own money on behalf of the campaign.

 

[Bradley in DC]

What do you do, Bradley? Just curious.

I post on this forum full-time.

 

[Original_Intent]

From the Ron Paul 2008.com donation page:


6. I am at least 18 years of age. If a minor (over the age of 16), I am voluntarily making this contribution, which consists of my own funds; my contribution is not controlled by another individual and is not made from a gift given to me to make this contribution.

 

[Bradley in DC]

Seems like the RP movement is so spontaneous, that nobody wants to bother with the recordkeeping of a PAC. People just take matters into their own hands and spend their own money on behalf of the campaign.

Yes, there are several Ron Paul PACs.

 

[maiki]

How do big corporations donate money to candidates, though? Is this part of the "corporations are people, too" nonsense or do the board members of the corps all pitch in and donate? That is still not very much money.

 

[richard1984]

Haha! I'd let you donate in my name if it were possible!

I have my Ron Paul pin and my Ron Paul bumper sticker, but I'm a poor college student, and I don't have any extra money (at this point) to donate. My girlfriend/fiancée (we have to get our degrees first--according to her parents [ ]) and I are luring our parents in. We have very conservative parents who have a lot of conservative friends (especially in their Sunday school class--which just so happens to contain some very well known people in our city, such as the DEA of the county, among many others), who have been duped by the MSM, the Republican party, etc. I'm from a small city (Maryville, TN) that is chockfull of traditional conservative Republicans. They pretty much all supported Bush, the "war," etc., and I know that they are all ready for a change. (Oh, and also, a lot of these people have a lot of money.) So I am trying to infiltrate my hometown with the Ron Paul message. And I think it will work!

 

[jd603]

Correction on this, if you are a sole proprietorship you can still contribute, as you're still an "individual" , if you own an LLC or corporation and get a pay check from that company as an employee then you can still contribute. You just can't send a check from Company A, Inc. and Company B, Inc. etc.

I would contact HQ just to see proper way to submit funds though.

Even Hillary was accused of illegal fund-raising for her campaign, so its not like it doesn't happen, but obviously we want to give them as little fire as possible so I would consult the campaign to make sure but you should be just fine following the Individual rules. I think it's more to stop Google Inc contributing $10m directly etc.

Only individuals can contribute. See the guy above me. HOWEVER, I believe kids can contribute (from their own money/accounts, ahem, but I'm sure your kids have each earned $2,300 this year in their new allowance, right?), AND you may contribute $2,300 each to the pre-nomination campaign and an additional $2,300 each to the general election, though RP cannot touch the general election funds until after the nomination.

Have I just muddied things further?

 

[MGS]

How do big corporations donate money to candidates, though? Is this part of the "corporations are people, too" nonsense or do the board members of the corps all pitch in and donate? That is still not very much money.

Im curious about this as well. Anyone know the answers?

 

[shrugged0106]

WTF is this?

http://abcnews.go.com/images/Politics/2008_political_players_17.pdf