[afraidfortherepublic]

* Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, one of Washington’s most powerful lobbyists.
* American Iron and Steel Institute
* America’s Health Insurance Plans, or AHIP
* Apple Inc.
* AT&T
* Bank of America
* Blackstone, one of the largest multinational private equity firms
* Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
* Citigroup
* The Coca-Cola Company
* Comcast NBCUniversal
* CVS Caremark Inc.
* Eli Lilly and Company
* Facebook
* GE
* Goldman Sachs
* Google
* Japan Bank for International Cooperation
* Microsoft Corporation
* Northrop Grumman, defense contractor
* PepsiCo
* Samsung
* Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States
* Time Warner Inc.
* Walmart
* Wells Fargo

[AlexW]

How many of these companies REALLY know what they are financing? Many of them might really be horrified if they knew. If Walmart knows that they finance Communism, America is in deep doodoo.

[HiTech RedNeck]

It’s like, wow, what could they possibly be thinking, especially firms that are not themselves known for being screaming liberal.

Is it something along the lines of “a bribe makes them go away”? Do these same folks throw money in both righty and lefty pots?

[CincyRichieRich]

* Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, one of Washington’s most powerful lobbyists.
* American Iron and Steel Institute
* America’s Health Insurance Plans, or AHIP
* Apple Inc.
* AT&T
* Bank of America
* Blackstone, one of the largest multinational private equity firms
* Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
* Citigroup
* The Coca-Cola Company
* Comcast NBCUniversal
* CVS Caremark Inc.
* Eli Lilly and Company
* Facebook
* GE
* Goldman Sachs
* Google
* Japan Bank for International Cooperation
* Microsoft Corporation
* Northrop Grumman, defense contractor
* PepsiCo
* Samsung
* Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States
* Time Warner Inc.
* Walmart
* Wells Fargo

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We need to realize what this is; protection money. Simply put. Not donating gets the IRS all over these companies and NO ONE is there to stop them.

[9YearLurker]

To offer a tiny bit of an excuse for these companies, they are likely paying protection money. The banks, especially, have been targets of these groups for decades.

[dagogo redux]

All you need to know about why this happens can be found here:

http://www.amazon.com/Extortion-Politicians-Extract-Money-Pockets/dp/0544103343/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1387043460&sr=1-1&keywords=extortion

Read it and weep.