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FarCenter

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4. Members don't have to be in the 1%

Reply to 1000words (Reply #3)

Thu Apr 24, 2014, 02:18 PM

Apr 2014

Democracy Alliance partners, as the group calls its members, pay annual dues of $30,000 and are required to contribute a total of at least $200,000 a year to recommended groups.

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The left's secret club plans for 2014, 2016 [View all] FarCenter Apr 2014 OP

A "centrist course" is hardly "cautious". More like a path to election losses. Scuba Apr 2014 #1

Also a path to disaster hootinholler Apr 2014 #6

k/r Dawson Leery Apr 2014 #2

I don't want 1%ers telling me how to save the country from 1%ers 1000words Apr 2014 #3

Members don't have to be in the 1% FarCenter Apr 2014 #4

My mistake 1000words Apr 2014 #5

Uh, being able to throw away $230,000 a year makes you a 1%er. joshcryer Apr 2014 #10

If you have 230k a year for political donations then my guess is you probably TheKentuckian Apr 2014 #12

Haven't looked recently, but IIRC, you had to have > $35 million to be in the top 1% FarCenter Apr 2014 #14

No, it's about $5 million muriel_volestrangler Apr 2014 #15

So your view is that only working class people can be "real" Democrats? brooklynite Apr 2014 #9

If that was my view, I would have written those words. 1000words Apr 2014 #13

+1, DLC 2.0 joshcryer Apr 2014 #11

K & R !!! WillyT Apr 2014 #7

And... Let That Last Bit Sink In... WillyT Apr 2014 #8