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think

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Thu Mar 5, 2015, 10:55 AM Mar 2015

The difference between Hillary Clinton & Bernie Sanders on corporations [View all]

Bernie Sanders has a list of corporations he claims practice legalized tax fraud:

http://www.budget.senate.gov/democratic/public/_cache/files/1b714994-7903-4a80-bb5e-47b6544d515d/legalized-tax-fraud.pdf


Hillary has a list of corporations who's members have contributed the most money to her campaigns:

https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cycle=Career&cid=N00000019


If one takes the time to notice those lists overlap each other.....

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Oh my God !!! DURHAM D Mar 2015 #1
The one redeeming value.... think Mar 2015 #2
WRONG DURHAM D Mar 2015 #4
Okay Lloyd.... /nt think Mar 2015 #5
Who is Lloyd? DURHAM D Mar 2015 #8
Lloyd Blankfein is an individual ..../nt think Mar 2015 #10
But less than 12% of the influence. TheKentuckian Mar 2015 #6
Kick.... daleanime Mar 2015 #3
Not a problem for Hillary's supporters, who seem to believe there's no such thing as a quid pro quo. Scuba Mar 2015 #7
It seems that way unfortunately. /nt think Mar 2015 #14
Those big corporations are selflessly contributing their money for the betterment of society RufusTFirefly Mar 2015 #25
Millions of shareholders couldn't be wrong. We all get what they pay for. raouldukelives Mar 2015 #30
Were you laughing when you posted that? At least grinning? rhett o rick Mar 2015 #32
Sorry. I figured my post was so over the top that a sarcasm smiley wasn't necessary RufusTFirefly Mar 2015 #35
It wasn't needed. And people are "alarmingly gullible", some willfully. nm rhett o rick Mar 2015 #36
I am so tired of these HappyMe Mar 2015 #9
And what is the difference between Hilary Clinton and someone like Scott Walker.? world wide wally Mar 2015 #11
Scott Walker is in a league of his own. /nt think Mar 2015 #12
Like a paid hitman on unions, teachers, firefighters, and more; lies to bring them out before DhhD Mar 2015 #20
That sums it up nicely think Mar 2015 #22
Never let what you believe be based on what Republicans believe about anything. stillwaiting Mar 2015 #13
+1 Enthusiast Mar 2015 #24
the sad thing is BobbyBoring Mar 2015 #27
It's all part of the game. NorthCarolina Mar 2015 #28
Interesting, did not see anything about corporate lobbyists Bernie meets with. Thinkingabout Mar 2015 #15
Perhaps you could provide that information. /nt think Mar 2015 #16
sure can Thinkingabout Mar 2015 #21
OK. There were 108 corporate lobbyists at a Democratic fundraiser Bernie attended. /nt think Mar 2015 #26
I haven't found anything in this regards but here's a list of Bernie's top donors think Mar 2015 #17
Looks like a bunch of labor unions on that list to me Victor_c3 Mar 2015 #18
Careful there Vic, freebrew Mar 2015 #19
This was information about a meeting with corporate lobbyists. Thinkingabout Mar 2015 #23
Are you saying that you looked but couldn't find anything? nm rhett o rick Mar 2015 #33
Corps donate to all candidates Cryptoad Mar 2015 #29
The ones with Cayman subsidiaries appear to love to donate even more..... /nt think Mar 2015 #31
And some even pay money directly to a candidates (HRC) personal wealth. They see it as rhett o rick Mar 2015 #34
Exactly, and the candidates needs the donations to their campaign funds. Thinkingabout Mar 2015 #37
Taking money from GS, Citi, and JPMorgan is NOT the same as money from Decent corporations, think Mar 2015 #38
Are you thinking tobacco, oil and energy corporations are the nice ones? Thinkingabout Mar 2015 #39
But it's her turn, and yada yada yada. (nt) NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #40
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