Comments on: The People’s Ball

By: Roland Hesz

Roland Hesz — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:07:02 +0000

I will leave it at “you never know for sure”. But thank you for the link. It is interesting.

By: John Sinteur

John Sinteur — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:01:59 +0000

I’ll leave it to US commenters to clear things up, but I suspect in some companies there’s quite a bit of “pressure” to donate, and I don’t know the exact details of donation laws and the way companies work around the limits in those laws. Which means that sometimes when you’re searching for company donations, you’ll have to look at individuals.

By: Roland Hesz

Roland Hesz — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:59:16 +0000

According to this site, no company ever donated to either Hillary or Barack. Do I miss something? According to these charts no company money is involved, only private persons.
They both are lobby free?

By: John Sinteur

John Sinteur — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:04:16 +0000

Here’s some info: Obama, Clinton, but remember the organizations themselves did not donate, rather the money came from the organization’s PAC, its individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals’ immediate families.

By: Roland Hesz

Roland Hesz — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:21:56 +0000

Thanks. Not that it’s that important, I am just suspicious about “clean” politicians. Never seen one so far.

By: John Sinteur

John Sinteur — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:43:34 +0000

I think he recently disclosed all his sources up until feb or so (while hillary still hasn’t) so you should be able to verify it…

By: Roland Hesz

Roland Hesz — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:38:59 +0000

I do wonder. A few month ago it was made evident he “miracolously” raised a huge lot of money. From business. Then, he did not? Smokescreen? (the cartoon and the news was on your site too)