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Originally Posted by Vulcan
Isn't this mostly a case of Bernie getting his contributions from individual supporters while Hillary gets hers from big companies. Bernie's contributors are limited to $2700? while corporations can contribute millions. Bernie is against the Super Pacs which are unlimited so he's already fighting with one hand tied and lets face it these corporations ability to buy candidates and elections is far more undemocratic than some small contribution snafus.
Notice Bernie isn't on any of these Million-Dollar Donors lists.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...oney.html?_r=0 |
Well obviously SuperPACs are not the same as campaign contributions. That's kinda why I'm surprised some rich Democrat hasn't started up a "Nazis and White Supremacists For Trump SuperPAC", since he can't stop them from doing it. In terms of direct fundraising by the campaigns themselves, Bernie has raised more money, spent more money, and I suppose committed more FEC violations than anyone in this campaign. Bernie's supporters are essentially donating well past the $2,700 limit and his campaign should be refunding any donations past that, but are not doing so. Maybe that's why he's now broke because he's having to write a lot of checks back to donors to rectify this.