Check the tax box, fund the parties' parties

CNN ^ | 8/23/08 | Drew Griffin and Scott Bronstein

[onlylewis]

When Democrats gather in Denver, Colorado, and Republicans in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, for their political conventions this summer, they'll be taking along with them a big gift from federal taxpayers.

Democrats will be holding their convention in Denver, Colorado, at the Pepsi Center.

1 of 2 The Federal Elections Commission has announced that each convention will receive $17 million in taxpayer funds, money approved by Congress as part of the Presidential Election Campaign Fund.

[onlylewis]

Did you give your dollar this past tax season. If so you are funding obamaboy's party? Glad I kept my dollar.

[Artemis Webb]

I have never checked that box and I never will. The government should not be in the business of funding political campaigns.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

The government should not be in the business of funding political campaigns.

Exactly.

[K-oneTexas]

I’m right there with you. Never happen. I hope that fund runs dry ... as the BS spouted out of the mouths.

[Condor51]

*** Did you give your dollar this past tax season. ***

No and HELL no.

However, when it first became law after Watergate I did, for a year or so. Then I grew up, got married and my brain started working :-)

An aside; when I do our youngest daughter's taxes 'she' doesn't check it either.

[Semper911]

each convention will receive $17 million in taxpayer funds.

There is 34 million dollars in that fund? Who in their right mind checks that box? And isn't it 3 dollars now?

I truly don't understand why anyone would think: "I haven't paid enough taxes this year, let me check this box so they can take a few more bucks from me and throw it down the rathole of presidential campaigns."

[az_gila]

I truly don't understand why anyone would think: “I haven't paid enough taxes this year, let me check this box so they can take a few more bucks from me and throw it down the rathole of presidential campaigns.”

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Hey - it doesn't cost me anything to check the box == Democrat Economic Logic

[JSDude1]

Well think of it this way: Conservative are (vast majority) anti-big government/taxes..they don’t like more big gov nor taxes so most wouldn’t “check the box”..liberals (morally superior-self righteous people) like big gov so they might check it..THEYLL BE PAYING MORE FOR MCCAIN’S CONVENTION than we will for BO’s. my two cents!!..