Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen Gave $100,000 To Help GOP Keep The House, Filings Show
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Source: HuffPost
Allen, who owns the Seattle Seahawks and the Portland Trail Blazers, donated to Protect the House, a joint fundraising committee that then divvied up the funds to several candidates and political action committees. Some $33,900 of Allen’s donation went to the National Republican Campaign Committee, $5,000 to a PAC launched by Vice President Mike Pence and nearly a dozen congressional Republicans received $2,600.
Allen, who was honored last year at an “environment and sustainability gala,” is now showing significant support for the only significant climate-science-denying party in the world.
Protect the House, which has raised more than $13.7 million this election cycle, is headed by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and has attracted several notable donors in recent months. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gave the group $38,900 earlier this year, drawing ire from many who accused the billionaire of being a GOP mega-donor, despite his protestations. Other donors to the group include business magnate Sheldon Adelson and the owner of the Houston Texans, Robert McNair. Both gave $371,500.
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Scumbag. This won't sit well with Seahawks fans.
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"captains of industry" support the GOP for one reason: Greed. The GOP will, almost without exception, cut their taxes way down low. There's a dire need for these people to add a second or third jet to their private air squadron, or to buy another mansion in a country and place that doesn't allow the poor to enter their field of vision.
Elon Musk - Mr. height of hypocrisy - building cars that will help protect the environment then contributing to the party that's waged war on that same environment. 
And these people are lining up (and paying hundreds of millions) to be the first space "tourists". 
These people probably don't even see how hypocritical they're being. Their egos make them blind.
First distros at home were Red Hat 5.1 and SuSE 6.0 (at the time) and have putzed with numerous distros since (including on Sun & alpha platforms at one time) and with Net BSD. I do dual/boot though.
And welcome to DU!
PAUL ALLEN'S US$ 250 MILLION MEGA YACHT OCTOPUS
Appropriate name for a blood sucking ship
F**k You Allen........................your seahawks suck, your basketball team sucks.
"Protect the House", so you think Allen protecting a Russian enabling mafia backed traitor called trump is just fine and dandy..................is that what your saying.................
