million dollar donation info wanted....how do they do it

[stackhouse]

according to what i know about fec campaign contribution...
an individual can only contribute $2,000 and and a married couple $4,000's. to a primary canidate then is alowed to contribute an additional $2,000 to $4,000 once the canidate gets the nomination..thats it

so...how do these ceo's, millionar'es and bussiness's able to cut/write $100,000 to $1,000,000 dollar checks to federal campaigns??
please give details

[TwentyFive]

1. It's worse. Have you seen what Tom Delay does?

They get all the millionaire donors together, and they cut a deal where they all give the max to every republican - regardless of where they live.

As for the million dollar donations? Soft money, baby, soft money.

Oh yeah, and Washington lobbyists....if Tom Delay catches the giving one cent to Democrats....they are on the shitlist for good. And, it get worse, the lobbyists are only allowed to hire ex-GOP staffers. Hire a ex-Dem staffer, and it will be a long, cold winter for you.

[stackhouse]

3. Soft money??

if john kerry where to run again.. i where a multi million dollar lottory winner or the ceo ford motor co. and i wanted to contribute $1,000,000 to john kerry's 08 run which would be beond my $2,000/$4,000 limit how would i do it ?????

[bleedingheart]

2. They write them out to general funds rather than the specific

candidate committee.

Plus some of them also give to all GOP candidates in every state...

As for businesses...every time I give a donation I have had to write down what company I work for...

Think about it...if 100 employees at UPS gave 100 dollars a piece...then it woudl look like UPS gave 10,000 to a candidate.

[cally]

4. You can give

$2,000 each to the campaign, then another $2,000 to the legal fund, then $25 or 50 thousand to the Democratic National Committee, then unlimited amounts to state parties. You could donate to GOTV by moveon or similar groups. So you can donate whatever you want.

[stackhouse]

5. ok .. explain these 527??

so your a corprate execs and you want to give to . ...explain the difference between these 527's and pacs and how do you start one??