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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI have to say, that with all the $$ the billionaires threw at the GOP candidates in 2012, we...
did pretty well.
Got more seats in the Senate and House and kept the presidency democratic.
They're are still dicks.
C_U_L8R
(44,897 posts)And I can't think of anything more delightful than watching
Adelson and the Kochs throw more money away faster.
RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)I'd bet if we broke it down, we would find that each vote for a congress person is worth about $10.00.
(figuring 200,000 votes in each district and spending runs 2mil = $10 each vote)
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)You are right. We are going to win for quite a while regardless of the amount of money Republicans raise. Keep in mind there are a ton of Democratic billionaires too. I don't know why we discount that. We should be bragging about them....scaring the crap out of the Republicans.
hfojvt
(37,573 posts)after those Democratic victories, the richest 5% STILL got $1.3 trillion in permanent tax cuts.
Sure we make a lot of noise about my fake uncles - Charles and David, but the dirty secret is that the rich own BOTH parties right now, at least at the national level.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022085948