You ought to take time to read this article from Politico, "Myth of the small donor" and then re-assess whether you really want to attend another rally so that a candidate can use your enthusiasm as a photo op for a campaign piece which will go out to otherwise disengaged voters to convince them that he/she is not owned by big money.
Susan Daole last month gave $100 to President Barack Obama because she wanted to fight the flood of million-dollar checks supporting Mitt Romney.
“I think my contribution in its own way has just as much worth as the millions that some of the wealthy donors contribute,” said the 63-year-old librarian from Lexington, Ky. “And I’m really hoping that even my little bit makes a difference to get him elected again.”
Sorry, Susan. It would take 100,000 Susan Daoles — nearly all of the registered Democrats in Lexington — giving $100 apiece just to match the $10 million that billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and his wife dropped into the super PAC boosting Romney on a single day in June.
Make no mistake, there is no shortage of Susan Daoles this year: Roughly 2.5 million people have kicked in $200 or less to the various committees helping their candidate win the White House.
But those 2.5 million people account for less than 18 percent of the total money haul.
In other words: In an election purportedly being driven by the economic concerns of the middle class, the top 0.07 percent of donors are more valuable than the bottom 86 percent.[POLITICO]
Those solicitations are probably going to do more harm than good. To think of asking it from people who are chronically out of work or going through medical debt or supporting their extended family not able to make ends meet, or helping get their neighbors get utilities turned back on.
Personally I suggest anyone with 100 spare dollars give it to your church or find the person who is having really hard times right now and ask them what they need.
Political industry is doing fine and doesn't care about the ten hours it took to earn your 100
Posted by: K Elaine | August 07, 2012 at 10:22 AM