The American Conservative: The Only Chart That Matters (donors)

[sailingaway]

Nearly everything you need to know about the candidates in this election is contained in this table of their top donors*, compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics. Although he’s long since dropped out of the race, I include Ron Paul for purposes of comparison:

Barack Obama
University of California $927,568
Microsoft Corp $680,769
Google Inc $661,996
Harvard University $535,405
US Government $528,603


Mitt Romney
Goldman Sachs $965,140
Bank of America $844,734
Morgan Stanley $768,216
JPMorgan Chase & Co $749,918
Credit Suisse Group $588,841


Ron Paul
US Army $115,458
US Navy $92,350
US Air Force $90,611
Google Inc $42,478
US Dept of Defense $39,500


Enough said.

*As the Center for Responsive Politics explains, the “organizations themselves did not donate, rather the money came from the organizations’ PACs, their individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals’ immediate families.”

http://www.theamericanconservative....=rss&utm_campaign=the-only-chart-that-matters

 

[nobody's_hero]

What gets me are the colleges listed for Obama. University of California === ~$1,000,000 ? I assume this must be from professors/administrators because if students are donating that much money I have to question why they're in college, since they seem to be getting paid pretty good with whatever they're doing.

 

[sailingaway]

What gets me are the colleges listed for Obama. University of California === ~$1,000,000 ? I assume this must be from professors/administrators because if students are donating that much money I have to question why they're in college, since they seem to be getting paid pretty good with whatever they're doing.

It is from the government subsidies to education and Obama's student loan/ subsidy/ community 'draft' plans to make the education bubble even bigger.