Worth Reading: View from the Pier: A case against United to Amend. By Sonny Schubert
Excerpt: “Super PACs across the political spectrum raised $1.8 billion between Jan. 1, 2015, and Dec. 31, 2016, according to data analyzed by the Center for Responsive Politics. Of that, $1.04 billion came from individual donors and $242 million from unions, trade associations, politically active nonprofits and other organizations.
“Only $85 million was contributed by business corporations.”
I found the accompanying chart quite interesting: It listed the top 20 donors to Super PACs during the last election cycle.
Numero Uno was Democratic hedge fund gazillionaire Tom Steyer at $89.5 million. Number two was Republican donor and casino magnate Sheldon Adelson at $78 million.
Three and four were big Hillary donors Donald Sussman, $39 million, and Fred Eychaner, $35 million. They were followed by the liberal groups NextGen Climate Action, $33 million, and Priorities USA Action, $26 million.
In fact, 15 of the 20 biggest donors gave to Democratic candidates and groups.
The top Republican donors were No. 8, Paul Singer, $24 million; No. 12, Robert Mercer, $23 million; a group called One Nation that came in at No. 14, $22 million; No. 16, the Republican Governors Association, $21 million, and No. 20, former Wisconsinite Richard Uihlein, $19 million.
(The liberals’ arch-villain Koch brothers did not make the top 50. The Conservatives’ main nemesis George Soros was a measly 19th.)
As Abrams noted: “Among the Top 40 contributors to super PACs during the 2016 election cycle were eight unions and only one corporation.
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