Do You Buy Political 'Swag'?
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2012/02/24 22:03:03
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Following Stephen Colbert's Super PAC experiment, campaign funding has become a hot-button issue, so there's a chance legislation will clamp down on it to prevent unfair alignments. President Obama does have his own Super PAC, but that's not his only source of funding. He also has a vast collection of political "swag" for sale -- bumper stickers ($5), mugs ($22.50), even iPhone cases ($40) and an eight-piece glassware set ($85).
They might sound a little pricey, but it is a campaign, after all. And it's not pricey enough to register as a large donation. Viveca Novak, spokeswoman for the Center for Responsive Politics, told Yahoo!, "The sale of these kinds of campaign knick-knacks probably increases the number of small donors to a campaign -- if one gets something tangible, one is more likely to give ... The small amounts spent by these purchasers aren't the kinds of contributions that would corrupt the system, hence the $200 reporting threshold enshrined in law." Do you ever buy political swag?
They might sound a little pricey, but it is a campaign, after all. And it's not pricey enough to register as a large donation. Viveca Novak, spokeswoman for the Center for Responsive Politics, told Yahoo!, "The sale of these kinds of campaign knick-knacks probably increases the number of small donors to a campaign -- if one gets something tangible, one is more likely to give ... The small amounts spent by these purchasers aren't the kinds of contributions that would corrupt the system, hence the $200 reporting threshold enshrined in law." Do you ever buy political swag?
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LOU 2012/02/25 12:59:09
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Other than almost all of the crap in made in China...
You can see how the candidates support American Jobs , even the little ones...
Use it, sister. The Soda Head people can use their "offensive language filter" if they're so easily offended.
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