It’s not quite the way Jon Chait imagines:
…the list reads:
Democratic/Union Goon proxy: $51 million
Death Star, Inc.: $46 million
Union Goons (public sector): $43 million
The Committee to Re-Inflate the Bubble by Electing Democrats: $38 million
The Bankers Who Elected Barack Obama: $33 million
Democratic trial lawyers: $33 million
Union Goons: $33 million
Union Goons (public sector): $32 million
Union Goons: $30 million
Union Goons: $30 million
Oops.
No wonder the politicians have come to think of our money as theirs. Laundering tax revenue through the wallets of their major contributors has become the principal underlying philosophy of the Democrats.
It’s not really fair to pick on the one-legged man in a butt kicking contest.
B-but Koch Brothers! Halliburton! Enron! Cheney!!!!!!1 (/usualsuspects)
This is corruption few tyrants of the past could hope for. It has to be completely destroyed. It is pure theft.
The bizarre thing is how people will post
even though (as had been mentioned twice by this point!) most of the business contributions are split between Republican and Democrat candidates, and only slightly favor Republican candidates.
In other words, Democrats have a massive funding source from public unions and private unions that work on public projects, while Republicans have a slight advantage from businesses.
The thing to note here is that business is not coherent. They’re all over the place as to what they want and don’t want. Same with most non-profits. Public-sector unions are unified in their greed for public funds.