Forum Post: Evidence that money has a big influence in our government.
Posted 12 years ago on Feb. 23, 2012, 2:24 p.m. EST by JoeTheFarmer
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Top Fund Raisers
- Barack Obama $136,886,599
- Mitt Romney $62,706,797
- Ron Paul $30,868,051
- Newt Gingrich $18,142,387
Top Three Contributors to Barack Obama
- Microsoft Corp
- DLA Piper
- Google Inc
Top Three Contributors to Mitt Romney
- Goldman Sachs
- JPMorgan Chase & Co
- Morgan Stanley
Top Three Contributors to Newt Gingrich
- Rock-Tenn Co
- Las Vegas Sands
- Poet LLC
Top Three Contributors to Ron Paul
- Active duty US Army
- Active duty US Air Force
- Active duty US Navy
Check out these top spenders: http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php?order=A
You think we need evidence that there is too much money in politics? It has been an issue for ever and probably will be very hard to change.
This really has to stop. Thanks for the link.