What bank or financial institution made political contributions to Hillary for America?

[boston bean]

?

[99th_Monkey]

1. Google is your friend

Citigroup Inc $824,402 $816,402 $8,000
Goldman Sachs $760,740 $750,740 $10,000
DLA Piper $700,530 $673,530 $27,000
JPMorgan Chase & Co $696,456 $693,456 $3,000
Morgan Stanley $636,564 $631,564 $5,000
EMILY's List $609,684 $605,764 $3,920
Time Warner $501,831 $476,831 $25,000
Skadden, Arps et al $469,290 $464,790 $4,500
University of California $417,327 $417,327 $0
Sullivan & Cromwell $369,150 $369,150 $0
Akin, Gump et al $364,478 $360,978 $3,500
Lehman Brothers $362,853 $359,853 $3,000
21st Century Fox $340,936 $340,936 $0
Cablevision Systems $336,613 $307,225 $29,388
Kirkland & Ellis $329,141 $312,141 $17,000
National Amusements Inc $328,312 $325,312 $3,000
Squire Patton Boggs $328,306 $322,868 $5,438
Greenberg Traurig LLP $327,890 $319,790 $8,100
Corning Inc $322,450 $304,450 $18,000
Credit Suisse Group $318,120 $308,120 $10,000
https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cid=N00000019&cycle=Career

MORE: https://theintercept.com/2016/01/26/hillary-clinton-doing-back-to-back-finance-industry-fundraisers-just-before-iowa/

[boston bean]

2. Really those entities made those contributions?

[99th_Monkey]

5. Google "banks and financial firms funding Hillary Clinton"

Politifact says "Mostly True."
Meme says Hillary Clinton's top donors are banks and corporations, Bernie Sanders' are labor unions
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/jul/07/facebook-posts/meme-says-hillary-clintons-top-donors-are-banks-an/

[boston bean]

10. It is not legal for these entities to make poltical contributions.

Did you know that?

I work for a company and list my employer. Does that mean my company donated and now Hillary is compromised some how?

[AgingAmerican]

29. Compromised? How about bought and sold?

[Red Oak]

7. Oh, I get your point now

It depends on what the definition of "donation" is.

Got it.

You are parsing the issue of what bank and not what bank employee. Good one.

Might even depend on what the definition of "is" is.

[Lucinda]

4. Those were during her career in elected officee. Career tag covers

the period between 1999 through Mid summer last year for all candidates. And the bulk of those from financial institutions were from individual donors who worked in NYC.

[99th_Monkey]

8. This was like 1-2 weeks ago, ok.

Hillary Clinton Doing Finance Industry Fundraiser Just Before Iowa
https://theintercept.com/2016/01/26/hillary-clinton-doing-back-to-back-finance-industry-fundraisers-just-before-iowa/

[Lucinda]

9. She is running for POTUS. It's a fund raiser.

Not really all that unusual.

[99th_Monkey]

11. Exactly! It's "politics-as-usual", pay-to-play, grease-my-palm you get your bill passed. nt

[Lucinda]

15. You do realize that the Republicans will have buckets of money for the GE right?

And Bernie had better have buckets too if he is the nominee because it is going to be brutal.

And you also realize that all this financial support from those industries comes from her time as a NY Senator? And also that she and Chuck Schumer were a huge part of helping NYC and the financial industry recover quickly after 9/11. Morgan Stanley alone had over 15 floors of Two World Trade. There were many more companies in those towers directly involved in the financial industry.

And as far as bill passing goes, the POTUS is the exec, not legislative. And as I've mentioned elsewhere, I'm told the Republicans hate her, so she wouldn't be able to get congress to pass any greasy bills. So no worries, right?

[99th_Monkey]

19. Apparently you missed a link. Hillary shaking-down financial corps. Just 2 weeks ago,

here: https://theintercept.com/2016/01/26/hillary-clinton-doing-back-to-back-finance-industry-fundraisers-just-before-iowa/

[Lucinda]

21. I read it just fine. I'm assuming you ignored my comments entirely.

That's cool. Maybe you can check it out some other time.

I have to do a few things before the debate anyway, and I'm running late!
And I have no problem with candidates fund raising. Money isn't evil. People who use it for evil are.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

27. What over simplified glop.

[AgingAmerican]

30. Money can't buy you love

Scott Walker had the whole Koch fortune behind him. How'd he do? Jeb! has $200 million behind him. How's he doing?

[Lucinda]

31. I was looking at an article about that 100 million dollar ad buy in New Hampshire earlier

and answering a post about Bernie's excellent fund raising lately. I'll share some numbers with you if you are interested.

80% of that 100 million was bought by Republicans. For a primary that will happen in just over a week.

And that 80 million is almost 6 Million dollars MORE that Bernie has raised IN TOTAL ($74,369,254) as of January 31st.

And that - the 100 million dollars, is what was spent for a single primary is a small state. Anyone NOT raising serious cash for this election will not make it to inauguration day. The SuperPACs have to go, but until we can overturn Citizens United, we had better be using the tools at hand.

Bernies Numbers:
https://www.opensecrets.org/pres16/candidate.php?cycle=2016&id=N00000528&type=f

The AD Buy:
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-02-03/new-hampshire-flooded-by-100-million-in-political-ads

[Red Oak]

3. And here is a link to the employers of the person donating

All the major banks are well represented.

http://docquery.fec.gov/pres/2015/Q2/C00575795/A_EMPLOYER_C00575795.html

[boston bean]

6. That is what the person i responded to above. But

Those are individual do ations from persons who happen to work at the institutions.

They were not made by the banks. And i can see you realize that.

But why do you think that because people who work at these large companies who donate mean that the companies they work for own Hillary?

[Red Oak]

12. Are you trying to parse the issue of who speaks for the company?

Can we discuss the "speaking" fees, too or do you not consider them donations?

I guess those folks that spent a quarter-mil listening to Hillary's wisdom for 30 minutes wanted only those few choice words for their money? Or maybe they wanted more, and found a legal way of paying millions for almost no work so they can pull a chit in later?

Sure would like to get some transcripts of those speeches. Must be some good words there to cost so much.

[99th_Monkey]

13. You're parsing words & quibbling over minutia.

The big banks fund raise their CEOs and managerial staff to buy elections.
Are they 'playing by the rules' of CU? Well, technically yes.

Are they doing it to buy influence? Well, absolutely. Are you in denial about that?

[boston bean]

14. Do you have some real proof of this?

[JonLeibowitz]

16. I believe a variant of the efficient market hypothesis applies

Contributions to further the aims of the company are "priced in" to executives' pay.

Fair to say that plenty of people disagree with this assessment, as they do with the efficient market hypothesis. Of course, there is a lack of hard evidence for both theories.

That's the perspective people have of the system, boston bean.

[99th_Monkey]

17. You want me to "prove" that BIG MONEY donors influence politicians' positions on issues?

Are you serious?


So you think huge corporate donations to office holders and candidates is because they are
"generous nice guys" and expect nothing for their money?

[boston bean]

18. I want you to prove what you said. Lobbyists. Super pacs.

Ok.

I dont believe you have any proof of a conspiracy regarding individual donations.

[99th_Monkey]

20. Did you even read the POLITIFACT link? Apparently not.

Meme says Hillary Clinton's top donors are banks and corporations
Is this true or not? POLITIFACT SAYS "MOSTLY TRUE"

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/jul/07/facebook-posts/meme-says-hillary-clintons-top-donors-are-banks-an/

[boston bean]

22. Those entities do not make donations to Hillary for America.

Doesnt matter what you want to read into it or what you want me to read into it.

[99th_Monkey]

23. You don't like what Politifact says, and I don't blame you. but it's the truth.

which is what Bernie's campaign is also about.

I'm frankly not overly-interested in quibbling over minutia with you any further.

[boston bean]

24. I care about the fact that those companies cannot legally

Make political contributions to hillay for america.

[Red Oak]

26. Depends on what your definition of "legally" is.

Hillary - the great "parser"

[99th_Monkey]

28. You mean you wish these companies COULD make direct political donations to Hillary?

Oh I forgot, that's right.

I remember now. we're all supposed to call these bribes "speaker fees", or "individual donations"
or ANY thing but what it actually IS, and suddenly it's 'not a problem' ... and no one is supposed
to notice orcare.

What the Hell was I thinking?

[Red Oak]

25. Sure

NAFTA
China in the WTO
TPP
Citizens United
Bank deregulation including investment banking and the savings and lone deregulation (that was an oldie but a goodie)
Search for and look at the recent articles on the donations from big oil just before the export ban was lifted.

The list would be very long.

None of it is in the best interests of the middle class. It is SOP inside the beltway.

Reagan, Bush, BILL CLINTON, Bush lite, even Obama all in on the same disgusting actions. Why did Obama put Geithner in charge of Treasury? or Larry Summers for the NEC. The system is rigged.

Glad to see Bernie trying to at least raise people's awareness of who is really screwing the middle class over. Wealth inequality and the destruction of the middle class did not happen as an accident. It was a greedy planned attack to improve corporate profits. Hillary has been in the thick of it. It was her husband that signed NAFTA. It was Bill that got China into the WTO and really set the ball rolling there. Is Hillary saying she gets a pass and that she had no involvement?

Goldman Sachs' Lloyd Blanfein is right. Bernie's campaign is a dangerous thing. People are starting to truly see that people like Hillary talk a good game, but have not been there for the middle class of America. I can show you all the photos of Hillary hobnobbing with Blankfein, heck even The Donald. Now show me a photo of her on a picket line or meeting with management to save a factory.