Who Really Funds the Candidates

[SongSungAU]

Behind the Mask: Who Really Funds the Candidates (5 min 34 sec):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-1H7u0h4PI







You can vote for Ron Paul or you can vote for Goldman Sachs. Good luck.

[Usc96]

Can't watch the video right now, but when they list these groups (Universities, law firms and branches of the military), do they mean that individuals associated with those groups gave, or that those groups gave in their name?

[SongSungAU]

Can't watch the video right now, but when they list these groups (Universities, law firms and branches of the military), do they mean that individuals associated with those groups gave, or that those groups gave in their name?

From one of the links the YouTuber posted, I read this info:

This table lists the top donors to this candidate in the 2012 election cycle. 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. Organization totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.

Because of contribution limits, organizations that bundle together many individual contributions are often among the top donors to presidential candidates. These contributions can come from the organization's members or employees (and their families). The organization may support one candidate, or hedge its bets by supporting multiple candidates. Groups with national networks of donors - like EMILY's List and Club for Growth - make for particularly big bundlers.

Here are the links the YouTuber posted:

Links for all the facts and info:
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/co...?cid=N00009638
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/co...p?id=N00000286
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/co...906&cycle=2012
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/index.php

[Tbonz]

And here I thought it was the people of the United States of America that chose to check that little box on the 1040 Form. Am I the only one that does that?

[Garyw]

All candidates other than Ron Paul are funded by AIPAC, American Israeli Pac. and the Israeli Banking Cartel. Make no mistake.