Posted on 05/24/2006 5:08:32 PM PDT by garbageseeker
I was watching today the debates of the immigration reform package that is curremtly before the Senate. And I was thinking to myself, "Was I duped in giving money to this person?" Well, the answer is that the people, rather the individual donors, truly have power. What is considered an individual donor? In the actual numbers given, this is the biggest. Many more checks arrive from $10-100 than the $1000 check. Those $10-100 checks comes from Joe Q. Public not a PAC or corporation.Individual donations also plays a extremely important role in funding the political parties.The direct mail operation brings in billions of dollars .According to Open Secrets.org, the induividual donor accounts for 9.7 percent of the House Republican campaign budget and about 11.3 percent of the Senate Republican campaign budget. Just imagine if 9.7 percent of the House and 11.3 percent of Senate campaign donations were suddenly gone. There would be panic in the streets of Washington because voters sent their money to someone or some group who would listen them. My arguement is that if more people withheld the money from politicans who make very poor judgements in their voting (the illegal immigrant issue) you would be less likely to vote against their constituients. This will force the politicians in all levels of government to become more accountable to the voters. The bricks from Send-a-Brick are a very good symbolic weapon but it does not have the stinging power of campaign funds drying up. The power of the purse is an extremely powerful and potent weapon, especially to politicians who depend on it.Vote with your checkbook because it holds so much power. I would like to read your comments.
Maybe not.. but we can make sure they keep their shredder busy !! LOL
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