Wall Street Firms Funnel Millions to Bush

[Catt03]

Finance Sector Produces Surge of Cash to President Who Cut Taxes on Dividends, Gains
By Thomas B. Edsall and Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post Staff Writers
Monday, May 24, 2004; Page A04

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When employers of contributors to the Bush campaign are ranked, seven out of the top 10 are major securities firms. Employees of Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. have contributed the most of any single company to Bush: $505,675.

Asked why so many of the top 10 employers of contributors are Wall Street securities firms, Scott Stanzel, spokesman for the Bush-Cheney '04 Campaign, said, "We are proud that we have over 1 million donors to the Bush-Cheney campaign representing every county in every state in this nation."

Altogether, personnel at these seven top 10 firms have given Bush $2.33 million, or a fifth of the $12.14 million from employees of the finance and insurance sector that has flowed to Bush this election cycle.

By comparison, the presumptive Democratic nominee, Sen. John F. Kerry (Mass.), has raised $472,564 from employees of the same seven firms, and the entire finance and insurance sector has given Kerry $2.7 million.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50364-2004May23.html


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Good Lord! Check out the amount of maney these guys have pored into the Bush campaign....and the amount of money they have made since Bush came into office.

[swag]

1. Proud to be part of the finance sector that has given to Kerry

I got so fed up with all the money flowing from my little firm to Bunnypants that I invided all the office moderates and libs to my house for a little fundraising party. We did pretty well.

A person has to make a fuckload of money to have holdings in taxable accounts where the div and cap gains tax cuts would do you any good.

[Stuckinthebush]

2. It's all about how much money one can keep

Screw American...I just want my tax break damn it! Go Bush!

This is the attitude of these people, I suppose. They only care about the money they keep without thinking about the big picture.

My brother in law and his family are like this. All that matters is money.

I hope they are happy with themselves.

[pleiku52cab]

3. the corporate line

we make our money the hard way; we stole it - and we're gonna make more by stealing yours