So let me get this straight:

start a super pac.
collect a lot of "donations".
spend as little as you can but still make it look like you are trying to help your candidate win.
after the election, pocket what's left which is hopefully the majority of what was collected.
tax free?

Hey when your Super-Pac donates as many millions of dollars to a loser that his did, it can be a bit hard to accept.

I think I should take the opportunity to welcome Bobknight33, the newest Troll in our midst... he and Shinny should form a super pac or something...

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"The Jewish Council for Education & Research (JCER), a federal Super PAC, was created to develop and disseminate information to voters in the United States around issues of concern to the Jewish community. In 2012, JCER is supporting President Barack Obama’s re-election effort with a series of high-profile initiatives in the spirit of the The Great Schlep. JCER will confront the scare tactics used to peel away Jewish voters from the Obama campaign and reenergize those in his base whose enthusiasm may have diminished from four years ago. Recognizing that the Jewish community is not one-size-fits-all, JCER is creating cross-platform initiatives to develop the community’s narrative about Obama and to shore up support for his campaign in key swing states. "

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and someone who knew sarah silverman and sam jackson!

This ad was made by the same super PAC that had Sarah Silverman don a bikini and scissor the ugliest dog in the world . . . in support of Obama. I must say I like their style.

http://videosift.com/video/An-Indecent-Proposal-from-Sarah-Silverman

"The video has been removed by the user."

Huh.

Koster's campaign response to this SuperPAC ad, per Seattle Times website http://blogs.seattletimes.com/politicsnorthwest/2012/08/27/democratic-super-pac-releases-web-video-re-john-kosters-love-affair-with-rush-limbaugh/:

Larry Stickney, Koster’s campaign manager, responded with this statement:

“We now have a country where more than 46 million people are on food stamps because of the failed “progressive” economic policies that Suzan DelBene espouses. The attacks on Rush Limbaugh and the Tea Party are right out of the Democratic Party’s playbook for 2012 as they seek to divert attention from the job-killing economic meltdown they have engineered. Outside of pleasing the Party faithful and DelBene’s elitist social circles, this amateurish web video will be ineffective in swaying the voters’ opinions.”

All I was implying is that if the table was turned Bill Moyers would not have said a peep.

He was indicating that it was so unfair that Rommey was in much better financial shape than OBAMA due to super PACS. Everyone can see why this is occurring because OBAMA and the democrats have done such a terrible job.

I do agree that all PAC $ should be stopped. All companies, should not be allow to contribute no more that an individual should. I thinks that around $2500. to any person running for office.


I do understand you point. Both parties are as crooked as the day is long.

America needs a new national holiday called Shoot a crooked politician day.
After a few of these holidays this mess would straighten right up.


>> ^Truckchase:

>> ^bobknight33:
Your team will be back on top some day.

I fail to understand why folks like you continue to take an active part in dis-empowering yourself in the name of what you've been told is "freedom". Freedom to subject yourself to debt slavery while decisions are made by those you are indebted to is not freedom.
This isn't a game. These aren't teams. This is money taking away OUR democracy. Until you can understand that and contribute to the solution perhaps you should concentrate on watching sports and drinking beer.

The only point where we disagree is the actual size of government. Everything else I am in total agreement.

>> ^jimnms:

>> ^bobknight33:
I believe in a government as small and limited as possible. The corruption over the years have lead us to what we have. I would gather that more that 90% of elected official receive gains from groups for policies that don't serve the public. AS such such we can't trust our politicians to be honest I just assume a small government to limit the corruption and damage to the American people.

I agree with everything you said except the small government part. The government is supposed to work for us, but they're working for their highest contributors. Shrinking the government and limiting powers won't fix the corruption. I believe the best solution to fix the corruption is a term limit for EVERY elected office. Corporations, PACs, and super PACs would go broke trying to buy elections and politicians. Take it one step farther and only allow limited public funds for campaigns. Serving in an elected public office should be like serving in the national guard, part time and not a career.

>> ^bobknight33:

I believe in a government as small and limited as possible. The corruption over the years have lead us to what we have. I would gather that more that 90% of elected official receive gains from groups for policies that don't serve the public. AS such such we can't trust our politicians to be honest I just assume a small government to limit the corruption and damage to the American people.


I agree with everything you said except the small government part. The government is supposed to work for us, but they're working for their highest contributors. Shrinking the government and limiting powers won't fix the corruption. I believe the best solution to fix the corruption is a term limit for EVERY elected office. Corporations, PACs, and super PACs would go broke trying to buy elections and politicians. Take it one step farther and only allow limited public funds for campaigns. Serving in an elected public office should be like serving in the national guard, part time and not a career.

Government created the "super Pac". The only reason the Republicans are getting super pac money is because the democrats are screwing the county badly.

The pendulum will swing back some day after the Republicans gain control and start screwing up.

So Bill quit bellyaching. Your team will be back on top some day.

You might lol (I did): http://videosift.com/video/Repent-and-Reload-GOP-super-PAC-ad

I like your answer.

It's interesting that the average tax rate paid by the companies in your study was almost exactly the 30% corporate tax rate in Australia.

The U.S. tax system would be progressive in a world where everybody draws a salary, which is their only income stream, and where anyone earning more than the national average refuses to take their allowable tax deductions. As this is not the situation people generally describe, I'll assume your system isn't quite as progressive as your answer, talking only about federal income tax, tried to imply.

Your point about the lower 50% of wage earners paying 5% of Income taxes also fails to prove that the system is progressive, due to wage disparity. Assume a regressive system where you pay 50% tax until your income reaches $100,000, then a rate of 5% applies. If you have a population of 100 people, 99 of whom earn 5 dollars per annum and one earns $1,000,000 per annum: $2.5 x 99 = $247.50, $50,000 x 1 = $50,000, the total tax is $50,247.50 and the bottom 50% in a regressive system have paid 0.25% of the total taxes.

Most western democracies have laws trying to prevent the corporate cronyism you point out as the real problem, with varying degrees of success. Super-pac's for instance would be illegal in most parts of the world.
>> ^Winstonfield_Pennypacker:

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I've only been following the few Super PAC ads that get sifted through the net, and I haven't been watching Colberts show in some time, so I'm not sure I fully understand the joke here - but doesn't he constantly show himself superimposed with Cain's name every time? Is he really jokingly 'endorsing' Cain, or is he jokingly endorsing himself via Cain's name?

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

It will be interesting to see how Cain does with Colbert's endorsement.

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