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Related: About this forumBernie Sanders’ Biggest Donors
Bernie Sanders Biggest DonorsOlivia Nuzzi
The Daily Beast
On May 21, George Yntema, an 89 year-old retired neurosurgeon from Tolland, Connecticut, mailed Bernie Sanders a check for $10,000. He didnt know at the time, he told me, that it was well over the legal limit for a campaign contribution, which is $2,700, but he doesnt much care now that he does know.
Im not worried about it, he said. He expects that soon the campaign will send the bulk of it back, but in the meantime, I hope theyre putting it to good use.
Sanders 29 Big Money (again, for Sanders) Donors are largely oldermany in their 70s and 80sand retired, though some are in tech or in one case, wine. They are sprawled across the country, from Washington to Connecticut (and two from Vermont). And they tend to have one thing in common: they believe that Sanders, despite having spent 24 of his 74 years on Earth in Washington, is the outsider voice the country needs.
Victor Martino, 69, a retired former consultant from Washington who worked a lot with Native American tribes in the Northwest told me he likes Sanders, to the tune of $5,000, because he looks like a real progressive and hes acted like a real progressive for his Congressional career. Theres not much of an alternative right now.
For Martino, Sanders greatest attribute is that he is not Clintonwho, he said is too mainstream, neoliberal.
Im not worried about it, he said. He expects that soon the campaign will send the bulk of it back, but in the meantime, I hope theyre putting it to good use.
Sanders 29 Big Money (again, for Sanders) Donors are largely oldermany in their 70s and 80sand retired, though some are in tech or in one case, wine. They are sprawled across the country, from Washington to Connecticut (and two from Vermont). And they tend to have one thing in common: they believe that Sanders, despite having spent 24 of his 74 years on Earth in Washington, is the outsider voice the country needs.
Victor Martino, 69, a retired former consultant from Washington who worked a lot with Native American tribes in the Northwest told me he likes Sanders, to the tune of $5,000, because he looks like a real progressive and hes acted like a real progressive for his Congressional career. Theres not much of an alternative right now.
For Martino, Sanders greatest attribute is that he is not Clintonwho, he said is too mainstream, neoliberal.
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Bernie Sanders’ Biggest Donors (Original Post)
portlander23
Oct 2015
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When We Stand Together - No Citizen Need Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go
cantbeserious
Oct 2015
#1
What's with all of these people who have no idea of the campaign donation limits?
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Oct 2015
#2
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)1. When We Stand Together - No Citizen Need Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go
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Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)2. What's with all of these people who have no idea of the campaign donation limits?
Are they first time political contributors, or do people think that Citizens United removed all limits on contributions, even directly to campaigns?
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)3. Probably a combination of both or either