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raydawg Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 11551 pacific northwest Gender:	And the winner is........... 05/06/17 at 08:25:49 The vast campaign industry....... Multiply this by all the seats, darn, that is a whole lotta scratch.... For what? Who really is the big winner here? http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/06/georgia-special-election-spending-re...
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bobert_FSO Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 423 Wichita KS Gender:	Re: And the winner is........... Reply #1 - 05/06/17 at 12:42:25 For all the money spent on political campaigns, the monetary reward for who back the winner must be staggering. Everything always boils down to money.
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raydawg wrote on 05/06/17 at 08:25:49:

The vast campaign industry.......

Multiply this by all the seats, darn, that is a whole lotta scratch....
For what?

The return on investment is around 500 fold. That's how the corporations do it. They buy the Congress and in turn get MASSIVE tax breaks. It's laughably obvious. Good old citizen's united!

Who really is the big winner here?

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/06/georgia-special-election-spending-re...

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Reply #3 - 05/08/17 at 12:10:02

T And T Garage wrote on 05/08/17 at 11:46:01:

raydawg wrote on 05/06/17 at 08:25:49:

The vast campaign industry.......

Multiply this by all the seats, darn, that is a whole lotta scratch....
For what?

The return on investment is around 500 fold. That's how the corporations do it. They buy the Congress and in turn get MASSIVE tax breaks. It's laughably obvious. Good old citizen's united!

Who really is the big winner here?

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/06/georgia-special-election-spending-re...

Yes, it should be obvious to what it has become.....
But it appears not.

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