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Bernie Sanders

TBF

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22. Yup - lots of folks giving what they can on fixed incomes

Reply to HeartoftheMidwest (Reply #14)

Sun Oct 18, 2015, 09:50 AM

Oct 2015

enough of these giving $20 each month or quarter provides steady income. There are 300 million people in this country and most of them are not in the top 1% by definition. Instead we send our small donations and they all add up.

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Bernie IS Phenomenal: $3.2 Million In Less Than 3 Days [View all] TBF Oct 2015 OP

But that really is money artislife Oct 2015 #1

Kids. A bunch of kids. Enthusiast Oct 2015 #3

Clearly Bernie is "on the take" 99th_Monkey Oct 2015 #2

Yeah! Enthusiast Oct 2015 #4

Oh the horrors.... daleanime Oct 2015 #5

Bernie Sanders Clearly In Pocket Of High-Rolling Teacher Who Donated $300 To His Campaign a2liberal Oct 2015 #7

Love this!!! mike dub Oct 2015 #13

We are doing it. We are showing the azmom Oct 2015 #6

... TBF Oct 2015 #21

I've got a personal goal Plucketeer Oct 2015 #8

Awww, that's chicken feed. Fuddnik Oct 2015 #9

Now I know why the DNC doesn't like debates elmac Oct 2015 #10

best part, less than 1% of his donors are maxed out. THey can give forever roguevalley Oct 2015 #11

He's at something like 650k donors now. RichVRichV Oct 2015 #12

There's another reason why supporters aren't flooding Bernie's coffers with donations. HeartoftheMidwest Oct 2015 #14

Yup - lots of folks giving what they can on fixed incomes TBF Oct 2015 #22

He should make a habit of losing debates to Hillary Jack Rabbit Oct 2015 #15

Isn't it amazing? smiley Oct 2015 #17

Curious: Is the $2700 limit per donor a limit for just the jwirr Oct 2015 #16

$2,700 per Election to a Federal candidate Pastiche423 Oct 2015 #18

I would if I could but I will just keep giving what I can afford. jwirr Oct 2015 #19

I agree TBF.. The concern trolls are pissing me off. smokey nj Oct 2015 #20

Love your sig line - TBF Oct 2015 #23