The American Plutocracy
Below are a lot of figures of who’s on first and who’s outfield. I called America a Plutocracy; a government ran by the rich. Money and Power are often the same. These are the Elites who control our political parties, our representatives and senators, the PACS, the organizations and corporations. Thus they control who get’s elected and the elected if they want re-election. This must all be stripped away. All of it. PACS Gone. Organizations and Corporation donors gone, donations to parties, and parties and other candidates’ donations. All that should remain is individual donors and a severe limit on this.
This is the only way to break up the Plutocracy from controlling our government. If congress cannot fix their own house we should tear their house down. Vote everyone out. No incumbents. Just say NO!
The next thing to strip this Elite shadow government or Plutocracy is severe Anti-Trust legislation. No exceptions. Including Media, Energy, Banks, Transportation, every privately-owned organization. It’s happened in the past with the railroads, Standard Oil, and Bell Telephone come to mind. If we want to get our country back this as a minimum must be done. This is not negotiable in a democracy or a representative republic.
If you haven’t noticed the Elite controlling our nation, then you aren’t paying attention. Of course the media is controlling the information you get, and the Plutocracy is trying to keep you occupied with “bread and circuses” (Fat and Happy or a diversion)
I’m not calling for storming the capital, anarchy, Bernie Sanders Socialism, or Marxism. I’m calling for Democracy Now!
Look over the numbers, and see what you see.
By Jim Kirk-Wiggins, October 6, 2019.
Congressional Basic Salaries (doesn’t include office furniture, healthcare, home state office etc.) *
(The salary of Members of Congress has been frozen since 2009)
House of Representatives *
The Members’ Representational Allowance (MRA): Supporting Personnel, Office Expenses, Travel to the District, and Mail for Members of the House. (the MRA may not be used to defray any personal or campaign-related expenses.)
2017 MRAs ranged from $1,251,177 to $1,433,709, with an average of $1,315,523.
Congressional Base Salary (2009)
Speaker of the House $223,500 per annum
Majority and Minority Leaders $193,400 per annum
All other Representatives (including Delegates and Resident Commissioner From Puerto Rico) $174,000 per annum
Committee member employee’s: House 172K to 168K.
Senate *
The Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense Account (SOPOEA): Supporting Personnel, Office Expenses, and Mail for U.S. Senators. (may not to be used to defray any personal, political, or campaign-related expenses.) (FY 2018)
a range of $3,192,760 to $5,052,317. 24 The average allowance is $3,467,971.
Senator’s base Salary (2009)
President pro tempore $193,400 per annum
Majority and Minority Leaders $193,400 per annum (2009)
All other Senators $174,000 per annum
Committee member employee’s 171K to 169k (2009)
*[Congressional Research Service
(2019). Senate.gov. Retrieved 6 October 2019, from https://www.senate.gov/CRSpubs/9c14ec69-c4e4-4bd8-8953-f73daa1640e4.pdf
House candidates who won in 2012 raked in an average of $1,689,580 in campaign contributions. *
Senate candidates each raised an average of $10,476,451. *
*How much does it cost to win a seat in Congress? If you have to ask…. (2019). MSNBC. Retrieved 6 October 2019, from http://www.msnbc.com/hardball/how-much-does-it-cost-win-seat-congre
Top Candidates Receiving Donations
| Bernie Sanders (D) | $46,178,832 |
| Doug Jones (D) | $28,645,796 |
| Elizabeth Warren (D) | $35,527,781 |
| Kamala Harris (D) | $24,832,245 |
| Tammy Baldwin (D) | $30,297,308 |
| Pat Toomey (R) | $25,772,712 |
| Debbie Stabenow (D) | $17,009,106 |
| Rick Scott (R) | $85,344,985 |
| Charles E Schumer (D) | $18,305,798 |
| Bernie Sanders (D) | $46,178,832 |
| Marco Rubio (R) | $19,784,746 |
| Jacky Rosen (D) | $26,246,447 |
| Rob Portman (R) | $23,059,293 |
| Tim Kaine (D) | $20,843,557 |
| Ron Johnson (R) | $17,790,901 |
| Maggie Hassan (D) | $20,277,620 |
| Kirsten Gillibrand (D) | $34,166,184 |
| Tammy Duckworth (D) | $19,062,247 |
| Ted Cruz (R) | $43,552,966 |
| Catherine Cortez Masto (D) | $22,150,030 |
| Bob Casey (D) | $20,230,312 |
| Sherrod Brown (D) | $26,685,539 |
| Mike Braun (R) | $18,584,856 |
*Large Versus Small Individual Donations. (2019). OpenSecrets. Retrieved 6 October 2019, from https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/large-vs-small-donations?cycle=2020&type=A
Top Individual Contributors
Politics, T. (2019). Top Individual Contributors: All Federal Contributions | OpenSecrets. Opensecrets.org. Retrieved 6 October 2019, from https://www.opensecrets.org/overview/topindivs.php
(Follow link Very Large Number of Individual Donors, Interesting however)
Top Organizational Contributors
| 1 | Bloomberg LP | $95,892,625 | $754,231 | $95,138,394 |
| 2 | Fahr LLC | $73,100,331 | $317,619 | $72,782,712 |
| 3 | Las Vegas Sands | $62,359,400 | $734,400 | $61,625,000 |
| 4 | Adelson Clinic for Drug Abuse Treatment & Research | $61,388,300 | $263,300 | $61,125,000 |
| 5 | Carpenters & Joiners Union | $42,029,479 | $2,814,155 | $39,215,324 |
| 6 | Service Employees International Union | $41,474,545 | $2,464,138 | $39,010,407 |
| 7 | Uline Inc | $39,717,011 | $1,980,043 | $37,736,968 |
| 8 | Laborers Union | $31,875,363 | $3,170,597 | $28,704,766 |
| 9 | American Federation of Teachers | $31,090,948 | $3,215,086 | $27,875,862 |
| 10 | Senate Majority PAC | $29,379,217 | $4,300 | $29,374,917 |
| 11 | Paloma Partners | $27,697,200 | $3,117,200 | $24,580,000 |
| 12 | Environment America | $27,397,171 | $85,171 | $27,312,000 |
| 13 | American Action Network | $26,566,362 | $3,513 | $26,562,849 |
| 14 | Senate Leadership Fund | $24,221,940 | $9,400 | $24,212,540 |
| 15 | National Education Assn | $20,723,106 | $2,805,328 | $17,917,778 |
| 16 | Republican Governors Assn | $20,685,250 | $250 | $20,685,000 |
| 17 | Soros Fund Management | $20,251,221 | $1,045,335 | $19,205,886 |
| 18 | League of Conservation Voters | $19,693,651 | $3,231,723 | $16,461,928 |
| 19 | Citadel LLC | $19,604,380 | $1,202,880 | $18,401,500 |
| 20 | One Nation | $18,550,000 | $0 | $18,550,000 |
| 21 | National Assn of Realtors | $17,322,883 | $4,952,440 | $12,370,443 |
| 22 | Euclidean Capital | $16,391,900 | $1,191,900 | $15,200,000 |
| 23 | Renaissance Technologies | $15,768,764 | $4,448,414 | $11,320,350 |
| 24 | Blackstone Group | $15,602,036 | $2,746,086 | $12,855,950 |
| 25 | America Votes | $14,734,726 | $3,584 | $14,731,142 |
| 26 | Microsoft Corp | $14,107,059 | $5,404,166 | $8,702,893 |
| 27 | American Federation of State/Cnty/Munic Employees | $14,094,569 | $2,852,928 | $11,241,641 |
| 28 | Amazon.com | $13,626,791 | $3,356,941 | $10,269,850 |
| 29 | NextGen Climate Action | $12,897,357 | $1,850 | $12,895,507 |
| 30 | Newsweb Corp | $12,688,124 | $1,127,024 | $11,561,100 |
| 31 | House Majority PAC | $12,351,527 | $3,325 | $12,348,202 |
| 32 | Koch Industries | $12,102,359 | $4,406,499 | $7,695,860 |
| 33 | Operating Engineers Union | $11,008,412 | $3,777,433 | $7,230,979 |
| 34 | United Food & Commercial Workers Union | $10,804,591 | $2,044,518 | $8,760,073 |
| 35 | Democratic Governors Assn | $10,729,496 | $141,933 | $10,587,563 |
| 36 | Club for Growth | $10,317,840 | $3,568,331 | $6,749,509 |
| 37 | International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers | $10,280,989 | $4,431,078 | $5,849,911 |
| 38 | Action Now Initiative | $9,878,025 | $25 | $9,878,000 |
| 39 | Marcus & Millichap | $9,688,457 | $1,187,957 | $8,500,500 |
| 40 | Simon Youth Foundation | $9,654,560 | $2,368,535 | $7,286,025 |
| 41 | EMILY’s List | $9,427,340 | $5,715,245 | $3,712,095 |
| 42 | Charles Schwab Corp | $9,283,327 | $2,928,093 | $6,355,234 |
| 43 | Bain Capital | $8,985,728 | $1,993,478 | $6,992,250 |
| 44 | AT&T Inc | $8,202,979 | $7,631,093 | $571,886 |
| 45 | Alphabet Inc | $8,201,449 | $7,321,779 | $879,670 |
| 46 | American Bridge 21st Century | $8,114,623 | $2,498 | $8,112,125 |
| 47 | Communications Workers of America | $8,014,502 | $1,871,126 | $6,143,376 |
| 48 | Bernard Marcus Family Foundation | $7,994,268 | $1,479,668 | $6,514,600 |
| 49 | Susquehanna International Group | $7,730,148 | $349,513 | $7,380,635 |
| 50 | Mountaire Corp | $7,564,752 | $899,752 | $6,665,000 |
| 51 | United Steelworkers | $7,509,877 | $796,262 | $6,713,615 |
Politics, T. (2019). Top Organization Contributors: All Federal Contributions | OpenSecrets. Opensecrets.org. Retrieved 6 October 2019, from https://www.opensecrets.org/overview/toporgs.php
Receipts 2017-2018
| ActBlue | $1,261,994,020 |
| Senate Majority PAC | $164,210,171 |
| Congressional Leadership Fund | $157,809,212 |
| Senate Leadership Fund | $130,711,576 |
| EMILY’s List | $110,152,068 |
| House Majority PAC | $95,686,237 |
| Service Employees International Union | $81,378,447 |
| Independence USA PAC | $65,188,915 |
| NextGen Climate Action | $64,454,572 |
| Priorities USA Action | $43,482,095 |
| America First | $39,002,821 |
| Laborers Union | $35,530,297 |
| New Republican PAC | $34,185,976 |
| End Citizens United | $33,098,237 |
| National Assn of Realtors | $32,334,959 |
| Moveon.org | $31,761,203 |
| League of Conservation Voters | $31,571,416 |
| Club for Growth | $29,545,163 |
| RGA Right Direction | $26,156,088 |
| American Federation of State/Cnty/Munic Employees | $24,886,228 |
The New American Patriot Almanac 