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George II

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24. Years ago we had one of those drawings. What I did (ooops) was get the winner of the drawing....
Sat Jul 20, 2019, 11:06 PM
Jul 2019

.....to report the 50% he didn't win as a contribution from him to our committee.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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Thanks, George! HerbChestnut Jul 2019 #1
oh god. So much CASH.. his workers need Cha Jul 2019 #2
Ha ha! True. Share, Bernie. nt emmaverybo Jul 2019 #26
Also from this article... RobertDevereaux Jul 2019 #3
77% of his contributions are "unitemized". Do we know where they came from? No. George II Jul 2019 #4
A bit conspiratorial, don't you think? HerbChestnut Jul 2019 #5
Nope. All I know is that there's $27.8 million that we know nothing about with respect.... George II Jul 2019 #6
This refers to contributions less than $50...Likely cash collected at a campaign event. brooklynite Jul 2019 #7
When I was a treasurer, certainly not the magnitude of this, I still kept track of where.... George II Jul 2019 #8
I worked as a treasurer, too, George. murielm99 Jul 2019 #9
I was treasurer for five mayoral campaigns (not a large town), our "central committee".... George II Jul 2019 #10
I am pretty sure my son murielm99 Jul 2019 #20
If you raised $5,000 in small donations at a campaign event, how would you record those? nt Blue_true Jul 2019 #18
I still kept track of the names and addresses of everyone who contributed. George II Jul 2019 #19
So basically none of the donations would be uncategorized. Blue_true Jul 2019 #21
One would think that a campaign that will wind up receiving $300M or more..... George II Jul 2019 #23
That cash has to be reported. murielm99 Jul 2019 #11
It WAS reported; it just wasn't itemized by donor. brooklynite Jul 2019 #12
That much, murielm99 Jul 2019 #13
It was reported as one lump sum - part of "Unitemized individual contributions" of $27,833,640. George II Jul 2019 #15
Years ago we had one of those drawings. What I did (ooops) was get the winner of the drawing.... George II Jul 2019 #24
"Amazon -- the online retail giant that he has railed against for its working conditions". Tarheel_Dem Jul 2019 #14
Just imagine how much he would be spending if his employees were paid $15/hr Jose Garcia Jul 2019 #16
It is akin to religion Vegas Roller Jul 2019 #17
Amazon? NYMinute Jul 2019 #22
K&R betsuni Jul 2019 #25
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