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To: tejek who wrote (656063)	5/22/2012 2:43:59 PM
From: i-node	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577143

Mayor Cory Booker received over $565K from Bain + the financial industry for 2002 campaign I know reading isn't your thing, tejek, but you might give it a try next time. Among those contributing to his campaign were John Connaughton ($2,000), Steve Pagliuca ($2,200), Jonathan Lavine ($1,000) — all of Bain Capital. ======== So, EMPLOYEES of Bain contributed a total of $5,400. Hardly a scandal, considering that Blackstone bigshots sponsored a $35,800 per head fundraiser for Obama.

To: tejek who wrote (656063)	5/22/2012 3:42:09 PM
From: Sdgla	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577143

Governor Walker: Wisconsin school districts showing surplus Governor Scott Walker Remember the violent and disgusting demonstrations over Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker doing away with the collective bargaining for teacher’s unions? The results are in. Some school districts went from a $400,000 deficit to a $1,500,000 surplus as a result. Why? It seems that the insurance company that provided all the “so-called” benefits to the teachers, was an insurance company owned and operated by the teacher’s union. Since they were guaranteed to get the insurance business from the teachers and the State had to pay for it, and not the teachers, they were increasing the annual costs every single year to become the most expensive insurance company in the state. Then the insurance company was donating millions and millions of dollars to their favorite democrat politicians, who when they got elected, guaranteed to keep funding the unions outrageous costs. In other words, the insurance company was a “pass through” for Wisconsin taxpayer money directly to the democrat politicians. Nice racket, and this is the racket that is going on in every single State that allows collective bargaining. No wonder the States are taking it away. Now that the State of Wisconsin is free to put the insurance contract out for bid, and lo and behold, they have saved so much money it has turned deficits into surplus amounts. As a result, none of the teachers had to be laid off, everyone got a raise and the taxpayers of Wisconsin don’t have to pay more taxes to fund the union’s political ambitions. If you weren’t aware of the reasons why Governor Walker was fighting to take away collective bargaining, it gives you an idea of the problem the Republican Party has. Outside of one or two, none of them know how to speak up and explain properly what the problem was. We could sure use a Ronald Reagan now, someone who could explain things for people to understand, since we know that people don’t like to read anymore.

To: tejek who wrote (656063)	5/22/2012 4:01:37 PM
From: jlallen	2 Recommendations Respond to of 1577143

MITT ROMNEY: ACTION & RESULTS! After going to both Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School simultaneously, he passed the Michigan bar, but never worked as an attorney. As a venture-capitalist, Romney's first major business deal involved investing in a start-up office supply company with one store in Massachusetts that sold office supplies. That company, called Staples, now has over 2,000 stores and employs over 90,000 people. Romney or his company Bain Capital (using what became known as the "Bain Way") would go on to perform the same kinds of business miracles again and again, with companies like Domino's, Sealy, Brookstone, Weather Channel, Burger King, Warner Music Group, Dollarama, Home Depot Supply, and many others. Got your calculators handy? Let's recap. Volunteer campaign worker for his dad's Gubernatorial campaign 1 year. Unpaid intern in Governor's office 8 years. Mormon missionary in Paris 2 years. Unpaid bishop and state president for his church 10 years. No salary as president of the Olympics 3 years. No salary as MA Governor 4 years. That's a grand total of 28 years of unpaid service to his country, his community and his church. And the media wants you to believe that money alone defines him...