lizkat
Watching March roll out real winter
Thinking about the alleged power of the grassroots donors in political contests in the USA...
1. Act Blue is a nonprofit fundraising platform available to Democratic Party and progressive candidates and related political organizations. USA grassroots donors have contributed a little over $6 billion through this platform over the past 16 years.
https://secure.actblue.com/A
2. The net worth of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos increased by $13 billion on the single day of July 21, 2020, thanks mostly to a 7.9% rise in Amazon stock that day.
https://nypost.com/2020/07/21/amazons-jeff-bezos-sees-net-worth-grow-by-record-13b-in-one-day/
3. No clue how much free speech ol' Jeff personally buys with his dough on any given day or for that matter over the past sixteen years. He has given money to both political parties and to candidates of both parties.
https://marketrealist.com/p/jeff-bezos-political-party/
4. But, Amazon spent $16 billion on lobbying in DC in 2019.
https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2019&id=D000023883
4. Jes' sayin'...
1. Act Blue is a nonprofit fundraising platform available to Democratic Party and progressive candidates and related political organizations. USA grassroots donors have contributed a little over $6 billion through this platform over the past 16 years.
https://secure.actblue.com/A
2. The net worth of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos increased by $13 billion on the single day of July 21, 2020, thanks mostly to a 7.9% rise in Amazon stock that day.
https://nypost.com/2020/07/21/amazons-jeff-bezos-sees-net-worth-grow-by-record-13b-in-one-day/
3. No clue how much free speech ol' Jeff personally buys with his dough on any given day or for that matter over the past sixteen years. He has given money to both political parties and to candidates of both parties.
https://marketrealist.com/p/jeff-bezos-political-party/
4. But, Amazon spent $16 billion on lobbying in DC in 2019.
https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2019&id=D000023883
4. Jes' sayin'...