JMHO Loc: Utah

New data show the Democrats get the lion's share of political donations from the very rich.

By Thomas Lifson

One of the great misconceptions in American politics is that Republicans are the party of the rich. That title belongs to the Democrats, who regularly garner the big bucks of America’s moneyed elite. David Elliott of the AP reports:

For as often as Democrats attack the conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch for their heavy spending on politics, it's actually the liberal-minded who shelled out the most cash in the just completed midterm e******ns.

At least, that is, among those groups that must disclose what they raise and spend.

Among the top 100 individual donors to political groups, more than half gave primarily to Democrats or their allies. Among groups that funneled more than $100,000 to allies, the top of the list tilted overwhelmingly toward Democrats — a group favoring the GOP doesn't appear on the list until No. 14.

The two biggest super PACs of 2014? Senate Majority PAC and House Majority PAC — both backing Democrats.

In all, the top 10 individual donors to outside groups injected almost $128 million into this year's e******ns. Democratic-leaning groups collected $91 million of it.

Among the 183 groups that wrote checks of $100,000 or more to another group, Democrats had a 3-to-1 cash advantage. The biggest player was the National Education Association, at $22 million. Not a single Republican-leaning group cracked the top 10 list of those t***sferring money to others.

Overall, for the campaign season that just ended, donors who gave more than $1 million sent roughly 60 cents of every dollar to liberal groups. Among the 10 biggest donors, Democrats outspent Republicans by an almost 3-to-1 margin.

There are a number of reasons why the rich tend to support the Democrats. One is the protection racket. Democrats are the party that demagogues class warfare rhetoric. Supporting them buys a degree of immunity. The left’s dominance of cultural institutions means that social prestige as well as political benefit flows in the direction of those who “fight the good fight” (as the left sees it) by supporting the Democrats. Although the Koch brothers lavishly support various cultural institutions, their support for conservative/libertarian causes has made their names anathema in much of the cultural and media establishment.

The Democrats are also the party of Big Government, and the mega-rich often fnd themselves in a position to benefit from BG programs. A little subsidy here, a loan guarantee there, tax breaks for following the will of the social engineers – it all adds up.

By supporting the political party of the left, some people feel redeemed for their greed, misdeeds, and lack of personal consideration for those with less. They are hailed as saviors of the oppressed, and if they treat those same people with condescension or worse, why, it is all washed away by their support for the “enlightened” policies of the left, which offer succor to the oppressed.

As for the big organizations that overwhelmingly support the Democrats, look to the favors BG offers them.

The GOP is the party of the middle class and small business. Demcorats are the party of the the rich and the poor.

Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2014/12/democrats_the_real_party_of_the_rich.html#ixzz3N0lMNmZs

She Wolf Loc: Currently Georgia

I believe they are both the party of the rich. After the last big give away, where both Republicans and Democrats put us on the line for another Wall Street mess, How can anyone doubt who their masters really are?

Seems to me Congress and the President can work together very well when screwing us working people and giving the rich the right to gamble with the money you and I sweated for.

lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas

You know that I've said, repeatedly, that BOTH parties are beholden to the rich and I believe that almost everyone is aware of that by now. No one, who has paid any attention at all to events, believes that either party is considerate of THEIR needs - unless they happen to be rich.

J Anthony Loc: Connecticut

J Anthony Loc: Connecticut

No kidding. So one has to wonder if the guy who keeps postiing these blatantly partisan-hack articles is a paid shill for Republicans...no one can be that deep in denial, can they?....

JMHO Loc: Utah

And, you're a shrill for the institutionalized i***ts. BTW, you're doing a good job representing them...you fit right in.

emarine

Come on now fella,,,, the wealthy play both sides .... the red VS blue game is for fools, then throw in the TP for the extreme .... If you ever get to a big city don't play the shell game on the street corner's, you always lose

J Anthony Loc: Connecticut

J Anthony Loc: Connecticut

Yeah that made alot of sense.
Read the thread- I'm not the onlly one who thinks you're partisan hack-workk is foolish..
I hope you're at least well-paid for it.

JMHO Loc: Utah

A lot more think you're a partisan hack than me, pal.

J Anthony Loc: Connecticut

J Anthony Loc: Connecticut

If you're talking about out of those on this site,, you're right, and it's to be expected. OPP has morphed, at least in the year or so since I've been on here, into a rightwing-leaning Obama/liberal-bashing site, almost exclusively.. Anything an inch left-of-Reagan is considered satanic-c*******t evil. So you're in good company. There's been some encouraging signs, though- I've noticed more posters here coming to understand the 2 parties are interchangable at this point, that they continue this farce is an insult to us all, and more people are waking up to this reality each day.
You are clearly not one of those people. Soon you'll have no choice.

JMHO Loc: Utah

It's you, pal, that needs the reality check. This past e******n tells you that, but soon you'll find out, and you'll have no choice.

ldsuttonjr Loc: ShangriLa

j anthony: Who let you out of your cage again? Soros?

J Anthony Loc: Connecticut