FEC Numbers for JK are out for 2005 - thru 6/30/05

[TayTay]

Not sure what this raw data means. http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/cancomsrs/?_06+P80000235 I think it means left-over money from last year, plus new money from this year. I do see that a lot of money has gone out this year (an off-year) and I think that a significant amount has come in ($6,425,175) Again, in an off-year.

Source: http://www.fec.gov/finance/disclosure/srssea.shtml (Enter Kerry as search terma and hit all for all the filters.)

Total Receipts: $6,425,175
Transfers From Authorized Committees: $4,971
Individual Contributions: $13,457
Non-Party (e.g. PACs) or Other Committees: $0
Contributions from Party Committees $0
Candidate Contribution: $0
Candidate Loans: $0
Other Loans: $0


Total Disbursements: $9,527,949
Transfers to Authorized Committees: $2,320,115
Individual Refunds: $25,225
Non-Party (e.g. PACs) or Other Refunds: $0
Candidate Loan Repayments: $0
Other Loan Repayments: $1,659,239


Beginning Cash: $16,222,557
Latest Cash On Hand: $13,119,784
Debts Owed By: $1,197,649

[whometense]

1. Interesting.

Of course, I have no idea what it means either. But I'm sure somewhere in GD there's someone howling about how dare he have all that money... :eyes:

[TayTay]

2. I am addicted to the reports behind this stuff

They have to file what they spent money on. (The PDF reports on expenditures.) I am unable to resist this 'useless to me' trivia. I have no idea why. (Thousands and thousands of dollars for cell phone bills. Wow! What does it mean? I don't know. Wow! Money to a PR firm in Cincinnatti. What does it mean? I don't know.)

So, now you know how to completely distract me. TayTay is making a long, boring point about something in MA politics and someone says there is a new sheet up on the FEC site.

Ooooh, shiny. Must look. Must look. (Sigh. I have a geeky soul.) Same thing happens with the Statistical Abstract of the US. http://www.census.gov/statab/www/brief.html Ooooh, wicked, wicked shiny stuff. (Help me!) Sigh!

[whometense]

3. I'm glad you're there to look

for us, and interpret. That stuff puts me into a glazed state. But I enjoy hearing the abstract you provide.

That gives new meaning to the term "cell phone addiction." He must pay all his staff cell bills as well. Even so...overseas charges???

Ohio PR. Hmmm....

[TayTay]

4. That stuff is fascinating

I ordered the CD on the Statistical Abstract. (OMG. I really did. This stuff is great.)

Yeah, the pages and pages of stuff they have to file is amazing. It doesn't mean much, but it's just interesting to skim. (Why is it interesting to skim? Ahm, I don't know yet.)

[whometense]

5. I always wondered who

bought those things...

Just teasing. I eagerly await the report. And the tea leaves it produces.

[TayTay]

6. I won't have any. Those are ruminating numbers

They just get in your skull and wait there for two years until something you read, hear or see triggers them. Then they become, unexpectedly, relevant. (That's how it works for me anyway.)

Hey, speaking of statistics and economics: Hearing on Thursday. You'll love this.
Nothing more exciting than tax pol...i...c.... zzzzz zzzzzz.


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Updating Depreciable Lives: Is there Salvage Value in the Current System?

July 21, 2005, at 2:30 p.m. in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Member Statements:
Gordon Smith, OR
John F. Kerry, MA

Witness Statements:

Panel

Mr. Joseph M. Mikrut, Partner, Capitol Tax Partners, Washington, DC

Dr. Thomas S. Neubig, National Director, Quantitative Economics and Statistics, Ernst & Young LLP, Washington, DC

Dr. Jane Gravelle, Senior Specialist in Economic Policy, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

Mr. Christopher R. Anderson, President, Massachusetts High Technology Council, Inc., Waltham, MA

[whometense]

7. I'm sleeping already.

At least at this one he'll get a chance to speak. So I'll be awake for 10 minutes. :evilgrin:

[TayTay]

8. I can't do much of this either

But, I'll give it a shot. At least there will be documentation to skim through.

[TayTay]

9. From politicalmoneyline.com

Friends of John Kerry raises $2.2 million and spends $2.2 in the second quarter. Major expenditures: direct mail and telemarketing.

So, did they give it away or should they change fundraisers? Sounds like a wash to me. Does this include money spent on ads in newspapers and stuff?

http://politicalmoneyline.com/