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From: Chris Buckley <alan@sabir.com>
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Subject: Re: The insane progress nobody is talking about
Date: 29 Jun 2024 12:51:02 GMT
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On 2024-06-29, Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
> On 6/28/2024 7:45 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> On 6/28/2024 8:31 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>> On 6/28/2024 8:36 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 28 Jun 2024 03:59:22 -0000 (UTC),
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps a thorough audit focused on where the money is going (ie, how
>>>> many brothers-in-law of various officials are getting the contracts)
>>>> would help.
>>>>
>>>> This is /exactly/ the sort of task a sane Republican would seem to be
>>>> ideal for.
>>>
>>> A sane republican 60 years ago, maybe, when the party was actually 
>>> focused on real world cost cutting.  But the modern Republican Party 
>>> is all about whittling down if not outright dismantling the government 
>>> and giving money to the 1%ers.
>> 
>> Funny, most of the 1%ers are Democrats now. 
>
> You are wrong.  Most of the 1%ers stay OUT of the public eye.

Can you please supply citations/evidence for your somewhat outdated views?

In terms of political contributions, the Democrats pulled even with
Republicans in 2008, and by now are substantially ahead, especially
in large contributions. They are the party of the rich now
(especially the technical field rich.)

Eg, in 2020, Trump had 133 billionare donors, giving $460 million.
             Biden had 230 billionare donors, giving $692 million.
   https://www.forbes.com/trump-biden-2020-election-donations/

Overall, Biden outraised Trump by about 50% (a huge amount) in 2020.
https://issueone.org/articles/12-numbers-to-know-about-the-money-in-the-2020-presidential-election/

Chris