Right to Life

Yeah, it has been quiet lately.

What does everyone think of Governor Romney winning the Republican nomination in the U.S. presidential election?

The incumbent candidate almost always has more money to spend on the campaign, regardless of the party affiliation. I'm satisfied with Romney as the Republican nominee; he is the best candidate who entered the Republican primaries. He'll face a tough challenge going up against President Obama in the general election. Obama is going to receive a lot of donations from big labor, the car companies, and companies (such as General Electric) that have been favored by his administration.

Here is a list of Obama's biggest campaign donors in 2008 from the Center for Responsive Politics:

http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.php?cid=N00009638

Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, General Electric, and Morgan Stanley are on there. All of them donated more than $500,000 to Obama. In contrast, the most money that Senator John McCain (R-AZ) received from a corporation was $375,895 from Merrill Lynch. Which party is the party of big business again? Republicans, I know, stand for small business owners and hardworking, middle-class employees. Democrats, on the other hand, raise taxes on everyone and then funnel that money to the big companies that they like.

If the Bush tax cuts were repealed, for example, marginal tax rates on income would increase by:

* 50 percent for the poorest Americans (10% to 15% rate)
* 13 percent for the richest Americans (35% to 39.6% rate)

The individual limit for a campaign donation in 2008 was $4,600 ($2,300 for the primaries and $2,300 for the general election). In 2008, President Obama received $1,013,091 from people working for Goldman Sachs. That probably means at least 100 of the top people at Goldman Sachs each donated the limit to the Obama campaign.

John McCain, on the other hand, received $240,295 from Goldman Sachs (only 24 percent as much).

However, that is not nearly as bad as the unions. There is no limit on the amount of money that individuals and organizations can spend on behalf of candidates whom they support. Someone can spend unlimited money buying TV ads telling people to vote for a certain candidate.

In 2008, the Service Employees International Union (which is mainly composed of government workers and healthcare workers) spent $27,850,290 to support the Obama campaign!!!

The United Auto Workers (a union that represents people who work for car companies) spent $4,451,716 to support Obama in 2008. I guess it's no wonder that the car companies got a large government bailout.

McCain's top supporter, excluding the Republican National Committee, was the National Right to Life, which spent $2,651,906 (less than 10 percent as much as SEIU spent for Obama).

America would be a much better place right now if obama wasnt president...

Tomorrow, I plan to start a recruitment campaign to increase regional numbers and activity. Our all-time highest population is 44 nations. I want to try to pass that number before the end of July. Right now, we have only 14 nations. Just as importantly, we need as many nations as possible to join the World Assembly. Here on NationStates, the number of World Assembly members shows how much influence and power a region has.

Culture of Life
Founder of Right to Life