Firm gives $1 million to pro-Romney group, then dissolves

[ChrisBorg]

Source: today.msnbc.msn.com

A mystery company that pumped $1 million into a political committee backing Mitt Romney has been dissolved just months after it was formed, leaving few clues as to who was behind one of the biggest contributions yet of the 2012 presidential campaign.

The existence of the million-dollar donation — as gleaned from campaign and corporate records obtained by NBC News — provides a vivid example of how secret campaign cash is being funneled in ever more circuitous ways into the political system.

The company, W Spann LLC, was formed in March by a Boston lawyer who specializes in estate tax planning for “high net worth individuals,” according to corporate records and the lawyer’s bio on her firm’s website.

The corporate records provide no information about the owner of the firm, its address or its type of business.



Read more: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44011308/ns/politics-decision_2012/

[SpiralHawk]

1. Republicon Occultism.

As usual.

Move along. Nothing to see here.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. IOKIYAR

[naaman fletcher]

3. Public campaign financing

is the only real solution

[They_Live]

8. + 1000

[Blue Owl]

4. Disappeared like a line of Koch in a Hollywood bathroom

n/t

[Fearless]

5. Koch funded? I'd bet on it.

[dbackjon]

10. This case, it points to very rich Mormon

[Fearless]

11. Ultimately, same difference.

Except perhaps a more prominent position against marriage equality... which explains his signing the marriage pledge too... ugh!

[DallasNE]

15. Romney Also Came Out

Against the debt deal struck in Washington. Even Sarah Palin has trouble swallowing Romney's actions here.

[Fearless]

17. I saw Romney came out... and choked a little. But yeah...

He's crazy.

[southmost]

6. wow, thats one big bold face bribe

corrupt to its core

[closeupready]

7. +1000. Very corrupt. But welcome to our system of "campaign finance".

:eyes:

[dbackjon]

9. Thank you USSC

[DallasNE]

12. Some Transparency

The Supreme Court has ruled in Citizens United that money is speech and that corporations are people. But these corporate people are just faceless puppets having their strings pulled by real people hidden behind a curtain. So much for the principle of meeting your accuser when it comes to politics. Romney has simply exposed still another reason why public financing of federal elections are so necessary. Right now government is purchased by these faceless puppets and this needs to stop and now.

[Odin2005]

13. Koch shell company.

[mainegreen]

14. Bet the company took a 'loss'

and the owners wrote the loss off their income taxes.

:/

[PatSeg]

16. These people are so creepy

They don't even try very hard to hide what they're doing. "We can do whatever we want, whenever we want, and we dare you to do something about it!" Reminds me of the super villains on old Saturday morning cartoons - I can hear the diabolical laugh in the background.