Ooh, lemme try:<a class="user" href="http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/9849/chart.png" rel="nofollow">http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/9849/chart.png</a>By my count, universities donated approximately $1,522,000 to then-Senator Obama, while financial services companies donated about $2,865,000. So by your logic, the financial world influences Obama less than twice as much as universities do.Meanwhile, software companies make up nearly half (~48%) of Paul's donations. So I guess that means he's in the pocket of Big Silicon, right?
Those aren't "educational" interests. Colleges are national debt interests - much of their funding comes from the government.Software companies are looking for freedom from government regulation, so it makes perfect sense to see technology companies supporting Ron Paul.In fact, Ron Paul was rated #1 in Congress for technology, far surpassing Obama and McCain.<a class="user" href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Ron_Paul_Rated_1_in_Congress_for_Tech_Related_Proposals" rel="nofollow">http://digg.com/tech_news/Ron_Paul_Rated_1_in_Cong ...</a>
Universities have become dependent upon the government stealing money from all Americans in the form of taxes and inflation and then handing it out in the form of "free education." Universities have become dependent upon socialism. A consequence of all the "free" money is that universities have also been able to highly inflate their tuition as a result of all this government intervention in education.Software companies desire freedom from government restriction and bureaucracy. Ron Paul was rated #1 in Congress on tech related proposals, scoring 88.24% with regard to tech related legislation:<a class="user" href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Ron_Paul_Rated_1_in_Congress_for_Tech_Related_Proposals" rel="nofollow">http://digg.com/tech_news/Ron_Paul_Rated_1_in_Cong ...</a>Barack Obama came in very low, only 33.33%
savioroneAug 22, 2009
This clearely shows that money rules in this country (and most others).
Jordan117Aug 23, 2009
Ooh, lemme try:<a class="user" href="http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/9849/chart.png" rel="nofollow">http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/9849/chart.png</a>By my count, universities donated approximately $1,522,000 to then-Senator Obama, while financial services companies donated about $2,865,000. So by your logic, the financial world influences Obama less than twice as much as universities do.Meanwhile, software companies make up nearly half (~48%) of Paul's donations. So I guess that means he's in the pocket of Big Silicon, right?
acrinimirilAug 23, 2009Submitter
Those aren't "educational" interests. Colleges are national debt interests - much of their funding comes from the government.Software companies are looking for freedom from government regulation, so it makes perfect sense to see technology companies supporting Ron Paul.In fact, Ron Paul was rated #1 in Congress for technology, far surpassing Obama and McCain.<a class="user" href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Ron_Paul_Rated_1_in_Congress_for_Tech_Related_Proposals" rel="nofollow">http://digg.com/tech_news/Ron_Paul_Rated_1_in_Cong ...</a>
acrinimirilNov 10, 2009Submitter
Universities have become dependent upon the government stealing money from all Americans in the form of taxes and inflation and then handing it out in the form of "free education." Universities have become dependent upon socialism. A consequence of all the "free" money is that universities have also been able to highly inflate their tuition as a result of all this government intervention in education.Software companies desire freedom from government restriction and bureaucracy. Ron Paul was rated #1 in Congress on tech related proposals, scoring 88.24% with regard to tech related legislation:<a class="user" href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Ron_Paul_Rated_1_in_Congress_for_Tech_Related_Proposals" rel="nofollow">http://digg.com/tech_news/Ron_Paul_Rated_1_in_Cong ...</a>Barack Obama came in very low, only 33.33%