Captain, I am not saying that private donations are bigger than corporate, I have no idea really. I am just saying that private donations have the potential to be a lot bigger simply because of the scale. If every American sent $5 a year to the party that best represents their interests that would be 6 billion dollars per election cycle which dwarfs the million dollars that the big corporations hand over. I don't think there are too many people who can't scrounge up a few dollars for a cause. I don't know about the states, but the tax credits in Canada mean that on the first $200 you get $150 back come tax time and anything over ~ $1500 carries no tax credit at all. The system is in place to encourage small donations from everyone.
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