What does Hillary's donor breakdown tell you about where her real interests lie?

Question

Agribusiness
$314,540

Communications/Electronics
$3,210,314

Construction
$912,315

Defense
$62,035

Energy & Natural Resources
$416,900

Finance, Insurance & Real Estate
$9,129,034

Health
$1,724,597

Lawyers & Lobbyists
$6,673,065

Transportation
$278,767

Misc Business
$5,448,087

Labor
$39,150

Ideological/Single-Issue
$267,035

Other
$4,776,165

What this list tells me is that Hillary receives most of her donations from Big Business *(she has the highest rating for contributions at the limit of $4,300) and almost nothing from Labor.

These donors know what they're doing. They donate to Hillary because she will protect their interests. She is no friend of the working man and woman.

Answer 1

I agree with you there. What has me concerned is the 'other' category.

Answer 2

Here is the question I posted yesterday regarding your very question today:
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"The kind of homogenization that politicians go through before they become presidential contenders means that most of them will not have the strength of character to withstand the corrupting pessures. The emergence of Political Action Committees (PAC's) that finance presidential campaigns has meant that only candidates who have compromised themselves to powerful interest groups become presidential contenders. Having already compromised themselves, such people may not have the inner strength of character to deal with the exhilarating atmosphere of the White House"......from "Inside The White House" by Ronald Kessler, page 255.

My question to you is: Are there any Presidential candidates out there currently who have NOT compromised themselves to powerful interest groups? Your thinking, please !!

Answer 3

That list tells me nothing.

Remember Bob Dole, 1996, returning a contribution from the Log Cabin Republicans because, he said, he doesn't support that group's goals? And remember that immediately afterwards, Republicans like Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich said that Dole should NOT have returned that contribution because it doesn't matter who contributes to the campaign -- candidates are not defined primarily by the fact of who contributes?

Thumbs up for Greyfox. That was outstanding.

Answer 4

These days? not much. Campaign donations are often made on both sides.

To draw even the faintest of conclusions, you must look at the contributions made to EVERY candidate, of EVERY party, and then contrast them...but that still tells you NOTHING about the interests of a candidate....

What it DOES tell you is who is interested in the candidate...NOT what the candidate is interested in.

Answer 5

$6 mil from lawyers?

She believes in stealing money... or she doesn't mind supporting extorsion.

Answer 6

Perhaps this would have some meaning if you
a. gave a source
b. gave a comparison with other candidates.