oldroy Loc: Western Kansas (No longer in hiding)

Many here won't like this link because it shows that 8 or the richest districts are represented by Democrats. Rich here is determined by average incomes in the districts. Of course, most of the left leaners here will point their fingers at the source of the link without reading enough of it to realize that the numbers came from the Associated Press.


http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/03/31/guess-which-party-represents-most-of-the-10-richest-congressional-districts/

bahmer

But you forgot we have the EVIL Koch brothers and the liberals don't and that makes evil even if they have the largest income districts. But then again this list doesn't even show the Koch brothers in the top twenty. Oh well republicans are evil because the liberals say so. I guess we just have to believe.

Here is the list of unions that top the Koch Brothers in political donations.
Via Open Secrets:

2.) American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees $60,667,379
4.) National Education Assn $53,594,488
7.) Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers $44,478,789
8.) United Auto Workers $41,667,858
9.) Carpenters & Joiners Union $39,260,371
10.) Service Employees International Union $38,395,690
11.) Laborers Union $37,494,010
12.) American Federation of Teachers $36,713,325
13.) Communications Workers of America $36,188,135
14.) Teamsters Union $36,123,209
16.) United Food & Commercial Workers Union $33,756,550
20.) Machinists & Aerospace Workers Union $31,313,097
23.) AFL-CIO $30,938,977
32.) National Assn of Letter Carriers $26,106,359
39.) Plumbers & Pipefitters Union $23,886,248
42.) Operating Engineers Union $23,036,848
43.) International Assn of Fire Fighters $22,963,260
46.) Sheet Metal Workers Union $22,372,978
59.) Koch Industries $18,083,948

oldroy Loc: Western Kansas (No longer in hiding)

With all those money pits available the Democrats have been working at getting $3 to $5 donations for months. They get excited when they manage to raise $50,000 to overcome the most recent $30 million they say the Kochs have donated from their private funds. I have really enjoyed watching them do these things and thinking about the fools in their base who have come up with money, probably from their welfare checks.

It is interesting to see some of those eight talk about the GOP and the wealth they represent.

bahmer

They are some of the greatest illusionists in the history of the world. They give this appearance that we are so wealthy and they are so poor, they just don't have the funds of those EVIL Koch brothers, you would think that they are the poor church mouse with barley enough food to sustain life.

GOPisEVIL

So....What's your point?

oldroy Loc: Western Kansas (No longer in hiding)

I would think that the point is that 8 out of the 10 wealthiest representative districts elect Democrats all the time. That points to the fact that when Democrats make all their noises about the wealthy GOP people they are ignoring that fact.

Maybe my point is that some people answer without reading or watching links and I think that just happened.

GOPisEVIL

Well, Hell's Bells -- what if 8 out of 10 of the poorest representative districts elect Republicans all the time -- how is that relevent to ANYTHING?

As I asked earlier, what point are you trying to make?

bahmer

Oldroy ugly can be fixed stupid is forever. This seems to run truer and truer every time I look at liberal postings.

oldroy Loc: Western Kansas (No longer in hiding)

Maybe, that wealthy people tend to v**e for Democrats. Maybe that just being named Koch doesn't make you a dirty old man. Maybe that left leaners do v**e like that and that although those same people bad mouth Republicans they represent districts of wealth. Hell, I don't know how to make you happy.

oldroy Loc: Western Kansas (No longer in hiding)

Henry Waxman surely fits both your examples. It is sure nice to have him retiring on just $175,000 per year. Just getting old ''hognose'' out of there feels good.

GOPisEVIL

You act as though wealthy people don't v**e for Republicans, too -- and that's just ONE reason I referred to your comment as asinine. Some rich people v**e for Democrats and some rich people v**e for Republicans, ditto for poor v**ers. We're talking several hundred million people here. I still don't understand the relevance of your observation. Do you really expect ALL rich people or ALL poor people to v**e for one candidate or to lean toward one political party?

The issue with the Kochs is that they are trying to buy e******ns by spending enormous sums on legislators and ads to shape government policy in their favor of THEMSELVES and away from the interests of the average citizen. Sheldon Adelson alone, for example, spent one hundred million dollars to get Romney and other Republicans elected ($100,000,000), not because he loves Romney, et alia, but because -- even as one of the richest men in the world -- he's a greedy bastard who wants MORE. The Kochs have spent enormous sums through ALEC to influence legislation NATIONWIDE, not to further the PUBLIC good, but to immunize themselves against cleaning up the environmental and other messes they create, passing these costs onto the taxpayer instead of using their VAST (inherited) fortunes to pay for the damages they cause.

BTW, I didn't come to this site seeking happiness from you; I came here hoping to discuss policies and facts, not to merely exchange baseless opinion.

Come up with some policies and facts that back up your opinions and lay off all the opinionated BS.

Mr Shako Loc: Colo Spgs

GOPisEVIL

I WASN'T espousing a particular policy, but merely pointing out how ASININE the comment I replied to was. Maybe I'll espouse some policies later.

bahmer

One more time and that is it.
Top political donors in 2014.
Here is the list of unions that top the Koch Brothers in political donations.
Via Open Secrets:

2.) American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees $60,667,379
4.) National Education Assn $53,594,488
7.) Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers $44,478,789
8.) United Auto Workers $41,667,858
9.) Carpenters & Joiners Union $39,260,371
10.) Service Employees International Union $38,395,690
11.) Laborers Union $37,494,010
12.) American Federation of Teachers $36,713,325
13.) Communications Workers of America $36,188,135
14.) Teamsters Union $36,123,209
16.) United Food & Commercial Workers Union $33,756,550
20.) Machinists & Aerospace Workers Union $31,313,097
23.) AFL-CIO $30,938,977
32.) National Assn of Letter Carriers $26,106,359
39.) Plumbers & Pipefitters Union $23,886,248
42.) Operating Engineers Union $23,036,848
43.) International Assn of Fire Fighters $22,963,260
46.) Sheet Metal Workers Union $22,372,978
59.) Koch Industries $18,083,948
Now then this list does not include all of the large companies that contribute and a good majority contribute to the democrat party. Also the entertainment industry in California is a heavy contributor to the democrats remember all of the trips Obama made to the left coast. Most all of wall street are heavy democrats contributors. So let me get this straight with all of the companies, unions, entertainment people, and wall street contributing to the democrats you are worried over Sheldon Adelson and the Koch brothers. My God how piggish can you be, and oh by the way you had the IRS targeting moat all of the conservatives so that they couldn't get tax exempt status. I mean I know you feel disadvantaged but I do believe that you are gong way to far overboard.

GOPisEVIL

Sheldon Adelson -- ALONE -- gave more money to Republicans (almost TWICE as much) than ANY labor group, even though some groups include MILLIONS of workers. And that's just the money we KNOW about.