Galt's Gulch

2016 Presidential Race

Posted by $ nickursis 8 years ago to Government
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Interesting chart, one has to wonder about what constitutes "candidate committee money", but I have no doubt the Beasts money is from every country on earth who wants something. Bernie, for a communist, is actually an honest communist. Ted Cruz is the Republicrat answer the the Beast, with Kasich crawling behind. Trump does pretty darn good for what he has spent, or gotten or whatever. The Libertarians look like they should be on street corners with signs. One reason maybe to vote for Johnson....
SOURCE URL: http://www.opensecrets.org/pres16/

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  • Posted by Herb7734 8 years ago
    I like the money graphs. It is always said how the Republicans have all the money and can spend their way into office, and yet, which party raises the most money by far? Those poor Democrats.

    While we maintain the façade of a two party system, the truth is that we are actually a one party system with two factions. Except for the timing, Jefferson was right.
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    • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years ago
      Nasty part: you cannot even follow the money, go look at the donor chart and zoom in, and see how many donors cover all the bases. Where is this money cming from? I am betting the banks have created black accounts, and have funneled a lot of the Fed money no one has any idea was floating around to make the economy look good, into. It is being dispersed to make sure the "right" people get elected.
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  • Posted by term2 8 years ago
    My first comment is that our government must be into terrific cronyism if there is 1b$ invested in getting a job that pays 400k The whole thing is crooked and disgusting, with Hillary the poster child for cronyism.

    I say contributors want something back for their investments- maybe political favors that the rest of us have to pay for ???
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    • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years ago
      The chart I linked below says it all, look (you do have to zoom to get all the connections) at the lines between donars and money, many donate to all available in the hopes of covering their bets. This should be proof alone, that this is not "free speech" but "buying influence" and NOT what SCOTUS said it was. They just legitimized political whoring. I really like that term now, it's so apt.
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 8 years ago
    Is Johnson even on the ballots of all states?
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    • Posted by $ allosaur 8 years ago
      When I voted during the primary, I signed a petition carried by a dude out in the parking lot to let the Libertarian Party participate in the general election.
      I as yet know if I'll have the Johnson option when I return to that building.
      I'd like to have that freaking choice!
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    • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years ago
      I am not sure, but I will bet not. The system is rigged so only Republicrat and Democrataians can be on it. In Oregon, you do not even vote in the primary, if you are Independent. The Independent party graciously opened the primary for all the little stuff this year, I was so disgusted I tossed the required permits and paperwork in the trash.
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  • Posted by $ jbrenner 8 years ago
    As much as I like and have voted for Gary Johnson as well as other libertarians, both libertarians and Objectivists will never achieve a higher political office than Johnson did (governor of New Mexico) because raising money for political office requires that person to do something that contradicts his/her own values.
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    • Posted by term2 8 years ago
      Exactly. And the current culture is not ready yet to appreciate or accept libertarian or objectivist thinking. An objectivist wouldn't want to be president now and he would never be elected anyway.
      We would have to first amend the constitution such that government is forbidden from taking from one and giving to another. The president would then be an administrator and campaign contributions to get political favors would dry up along with lobbyists
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      • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years ago
        Or: strictly limit what government can fund. require public access to all contracts, with summary form available to avoid getting buried in crap like they did with Obama Care.
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  • Posted by plusaf 8 years ago
    Should add total $$ spent to elect the 'winners' of the past five or ten Prez Elections (in current dollars.)
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    • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years ago
      It would be nice to graph it all so people can see just how crazy and corrupt this has all become. You cannot conclude anything but they have created a "I can whore better than you" contest.
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    • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years ago
      It would be nice to graph it all so people can see just how crazy and corrupt this has all become. You cannot conclude anything but they have created a "I can whore better than you" contest.
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