And you need to learn who approves that corporate welfare, and who 95% of the gang of 535 are in bed with. Just in case you can't add, that's roughly 508 IN BED with corporate and banking ameriKa, which means, contrary to your kool-aid induced stupor, most of the Democrats are owned whores alongside the Republicans.
And those in bed with Barry -- listed below are a few -- are, I assume you believe, the holy and good big businesses in the country?
University of California
Goldman Sachs
Harvard University
Microsoft Corp
JPMorgan Chase & Co
Google Inc
Citigroup Inc
US Government
Time Warner
Sidley Austin LLP
Stanford University
National Amusements Inc
Columbia University
Skadden, Arps et al
WilmerHale Llp
US Dept of Justice
IBM Corp
UBS AG
General Electric
Morgan Stanley
Chicago is President Barack Obama's kind of town when it comes to top-dollar campaign donations. Windy City media baron Fred Eychaner was a leading Obama donor during the 2008 campaign and has raised more money for the president's re-election campaign this election season than any other Democratic donor.
Eychaner joins DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, a New York hedge fund manager, a Southern California billionaire and a Michigan philanthropist in giving millions of dollars to help Obama win a second term. They are helping fund a presidential election that surpassed $2 billion in October, with money going toward the individual Republican and Democratic campaigns as well as independent "super" political committees working on the campaigns' behalf.
Political donations can open doors that are closed to most people. Big-dollar donors are often invited to state dinners at the White House and other events with the president. They also may be asked to weigh in on public policy, especially if it affects their own financial interests. And the ranks of ambassadors, advisory panels and other government jobs traditionally are filled with those who have been unusually generous during the campaign.
Fred Eychaner, founder of Chicago-based alternative-newspaper publisher Newsweb Corp. and a gay-rights activist
Total: $3.57 million
James Simons, 74, New York philanthropist, investor and founder of Renaissance Technologies and a billionaire hedge fund manager
Total: $3.5 million
Jeffrey Katzenberg, 61, Hollywood film producer and chief executive of DreamWorks Animation. The Hollywood icon has been invited to White House events, including a state dinner. Such high-profile soirees put him in proximity earlier this year to Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, who signed off on an overseas deal benefiting Katzenberg's studio.
Total: $3.07 million
Irwin Jacobs, 78, the founder and former chairman of Qualcomm.
Total: $2.122 million
Jon Stryker, 54, a Michigan philanthropist. He contributed millions to help Democratic candidates statewide, and he also has given nearly $250 million of his personal wealth to groups supporting gay rights and the conservation of apes. (Question -- "groups supporting gay rights and the conservation of apes" -- is this the same cause, or is it "gay rights" and support for those lovely young dark teenagers in NJ attacking people?)
Total: $2.066 million
