2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWhat difference is there between getting "industry" donations...
...and getting donations from "people in the industry"?
If they are in an industry, it's pretty damn certain their donations are based on wanting to influence the candidate to support the industry.
This hair is too narrow to split.
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)They are known as part of the "Military Industrial Complex". His work is exclusively on projects wholly unrelated to war machines. In fact, he's engineering technology that will save thousands of lives. This company employs hundreds of thousands of people. Most of whom are not directly working to bomb the world. When he makes political donations and lists his employer, his donations are lumped into those deemed suspect by those who cannot and will not differentiate.
jehop61
(1,735 posts)private citizens can donate to any cause or candidate without being labeled unfairly. First Amendment and all that you know.
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)of their employer.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Each has received more money than Cruz or Trump or Kasich.
w4rma
(31,700 posts)I don't even care about the ~$300,000ish in individual donations.
Also, her primary Super PAC took about $4.5 million in large donations from gas and oil lobbyists.
TM99
(8,352 posts)at some point during our secondary education.
There is a difference between individuals that just happen to work in various industries and individuals and groups whose sole purpose is to support and push for those industries.
Individuals do not have the power or the money to peddle influence in the way that lobbyists, SuperPAC's, and industry groups do.
It is really just that simple. Please stop with the false equivalency. It is not the same thing nor is it a hair too narrow to split.