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First Read confirms with the campaign that Mitt and Ann Romney contributed $75,000 each to the Romney Victory Fund – money going to the campaign, the RNC, and various other state committees.
That $75,000 is the maximum an individual can contribute to these entities.
Those contributions – first reported by CNN – will show up in the May FEC report (which doesn’t have to be filed until June 20).
While $150,000 is a significant amount of money, it pales in comparison to the millions Romney contributed to his 2008 campaign.
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Pocket change for Willard!
This is three times the amount of what the average American families live off for a year!
I guess when Ann can drop a $1,000 on a T-shirt, this is considered walking around money for the Romney's!
Let us eat cake, shall we?
Sunshine go away today
I don't feel much like dancing
Some man's gone, he's tried to run my life
Don't know what he's asking
He tells me I'd better get in line
Can't hear what he's saying
When I grow up I'm going to make it mine
But these aren't dues I been paying
How much does it cost, I'll buy it
The time is all we've lost, I'll try it
But he can't even run his own life
I'll be damned if he'll run mine, Sunshine Betty
@Feisty
Yeah that's a lot of money to me, but it's not so much to him because he's very wealthy... so what?
Thanks Floyd!
I needed that... I really really really NEEDED that! ☺
So what?
Willard is trying to pass himself off as some ordinary working Joe & being able to connect with families everyday strugggles!
The dude was born with a platinum spoon in his mouth just like his kids!
That's what...
Good grief Feisty....is that all they can afford, lol? For the uninitiated, $75 thousand, is more than half of what they earn EACH and EVERY DAY of the year. Think of all the hungry people that could feed.
Hang Tough Kid
Naw all it means is Old Romney ain't going to have to spend His Own Money to go down in Flames this time around. He's going to waste a whole bunch of his rich friends where with all. One thing I admire about Romney, Gingrich, Bachman, Perry et all is their ability to sell a bill of goods that makes no sense to a whole bunch of folks that should Know Better.
As wealthy as he is he still has his " Big Papa " " Joe Ricketts" his sugar daddy !
Romney is a hard working man raised by a hard working father and family. Was Teddy Kennedy "one of us?????" Only your little circle jerk friends on here care about such things only when it benefits your side. Green is an ugly color on you but it fits. This is America where one's dreams can come true.
You people are . . . well I . . . it's not worth the effort.
Hell Ben Old Romney wouldn't know a days work if a big tree fell on him and he had to work to get out from under it. Why don't you take that Bushra somewhere where somebodies going to believe it. Ain't doing much for me.
Ben - YOU are not worth the effort. My guess is George Romney is rolling in his grave at the absolute moron his son has become. Romney's only hard work was to make everyone else's life miserable while he got richer. Most of his income was inherited.
You really don't have a clue and it shows.
You are just plain ignorant. Why don't you check out things before your a$$ becomes your mouth and all you spew is crap. While a student at Stanford, Romney worked as a night security guard. He spent two years on Mission and if you knew anything about the Mormon right of passage you would know that is no easy task. After a stellar law school degree (at least Romney's records are public and didn't have a bio
writtenmiswritten for him that said he was born in Kenya), he began his management consulting career. To work your way up to CEO after being heavily recruited by firms is way more than a 9-5 career. But you know that. You're just an A$$.Insanity -- BFD. There is nothing wrong with inheritance and there is nothing wrong with his profession. Hell, Obama takes money from hedge fund managers and licks their ass at the same time. You are the one clueless.
Hell Ben you mean he had to lower himself to Live in that French Villa when he was on Mission. Tell you a little story about your Missionary Friends. Couple of those fellows rode up on thier Bikes one day while my Dear Old Redneck Daddy was fixin' a hay baler. Wanted to talk. Dad said I'd be happy to if you'll help me fix this baler so I got some free time. They Got on thier Little bikes and rode away. Haven't had much use for"missionary's" since then.
So Ben it doesn't sound like you will be making a donation to President Obama's re-election.
However, I don't think the nation needs another business man as President, because the past few businessmen that served as President were pretty lousy.
So, I and millions more will stick with the Community Organizer, Harvard Law Professor, U.S. Senator and Current President of the United States.
Who says money can't buy love? I hope voters prove this wrong... Starting with Scott Walker in Wisconsin.
Hi IR,
I remember a couple of those guys on bikes gave me a Book of Mormon. However, a Christian friend and co-worker was worried that I accepted the book, and begged me to throw it away. He said it was evil. Oh well.
Yeh Job those fellers was in such a hurry to get out of there that they forgot to leave any reading material. Reckon I missed my only opportunity to get tainted with that outstanding work ethic Old Ben says Mr. Romney is sure to have.
Ben - Romney's a wh**e - nothing more - nothing less. I'm sure in your mind that's a laudable profession.
Not sure if the libtards on FR got the memo but the Obummers are millionaires as well!....lol
What's the difference between your 1%er and my 1%er????....lol....naddddda, zip, zero.....dip@!$%#s
Romney/Rubio 2012!
Justice for Zimmerman coming soon!
Toxic; like vampires sucking their own blood.
Hope Obama does not contribute $150,000 because we know whose pockets will be emptied (taxpayers).
Romney should stand in front of a clock, but this time the clock should be ticking up the outrageous amounts being spent on campaigns. In 2008 a little more than 6 million was spent. Already for 2012 the amount
spentwasted is almost 78 million!Nice post IR, may there always be sunshine in your life as you bring to ours.
In case you did not get my response.
Hey guys is Friday and time to go and unwind here in the east coast. From an Independent widow I can say that when you see the likes of the Beisty FR brigade lol (left of left) gang up on people for the entrie week. You can count on your Votes that they are hurting. Don't get me wrong, we would do the same thing if it was a bad week.
Anyway, I'm beginning to enjoy the stupidity of the " great post Beisty" oh no "yours is better" "the repubs are idiots". Well girls and Boys have a good weekend. Oh, girlfriend Beisty/Feisty, I notice the other day that you mentioned that your Hubby is a vet of Vietnam, and you should be proud of his service. That would make you to be about 63 years old. Are you retire now and that is how you find the time to be first 99% of the time?
Hopefully, the Romneys will learn money can't buy everything come November when he'll close shop and return to one of his mansions.
Obama/ Biden 2012
What is the beef, our President Obama wants to reach 1 Billion dollars, "sounds like a comedy movie". Both sides are going to be battling it out until November.
Hey Gin Mama, I have taken just about enough insults from you folks. I think it was time you get the same back. I was trying for the longest time to put the fire out with water but I think is time to fight fire with fire. Girlfriends, I can not imagine that the childishness is coming from Ladies that are past their 50's. I guess Mama Beisty is sending you as one of her dogs,,, oops I forgot the female term for dog.
Can't wait to read Feisty sum of the week which Jody creates. i must say it is professionally written, just a tide bit to bias.
Concern Citizen - if you hate it so much here, why do you come?
To SeekingSanity: I never wrote such thing.
Insanity, someone has to stand for what they belive in. Both sides can't be wrong or correct all the time.
Exlax ETCH-A-SKETCH is so out of touch with the American People, if he was serious about helping us, he would have DONATED THAT 150K TO THE POOR! He thinks they should take care of themselves! WHAT A PHONY and his minute brain won't let him see it!
99% American People, vote 100% DEMOCRATIC, the lives you save WILL be YOURS & your CHILDREN!
TR
Mitt the Barber is on record of giving 10% to his church. Hopefully the church supports charitable causes. It is his personal decision on how he makes contributions. He doesn't need your help.
Guess Repubs need to keep their defense contractor buddies happy, you know the ones that charge the US outrageous costs, and then go on to not do the job, or do it poorly.
And how are they going to pay for this....cut Medicaid, cut federal programs for the poor, cut federal retirement benefits. As usual for the GOP it is "to hell with avearge Americans".
Defense Budget That Breaks Spending Agreement Passed By House
WASHINGTON -- The House passed a defense budget Friday that exceeds the deal cut by Congress and President Barack Obama last summer, and that would have to be paid for with cash taken from poverty programs, health care and the federal workforce.
The National Defense Authorization Act permits $642 billion in defense spending next year. The White House has threatened to veto the bill, citing more than 30 changes to the budget it was seeking.
But the measure also adds $8 billion more than called for in the Budget Control Act that Congress agreed to last summer in exchange for raising the nation's debt limit.
"We increase the spending for defense due to the priorities that we feel are most important and the constitutional requirement we have to provide for the common defense," Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) said. "But we will cut in other areas of the budget so that we comply fully with the deficit reduction act."
Those other areas were spelled out in the broader budget plan passed last week. Written by House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), it would cut more than $80 billion in federal retirement benefits, nearly $50 billion from Medicaid programs and more than $36 billion from programs to feed the poor.
The defense budget bill would also spend more for certain items than the Department of Defense wants to spend, and would ignore the department's priorities. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has warned the changes could endanger security.
Among other unasked for changes, the bill keeps aging aircraft and ships the military wants to phase out, keeps the Army and Marines at larger force levels and orders construction of missile defenses.
That ticker clock is priceless. He definately has a better marketing team than the other guy.
And Meg Whitman spent millions of her own money to become Governor of California and she lost. What a waste of money. Oh well, it is her money. By the way she so poorly runs HP that she is going to have to lay off about 30 thousand people. I just hope most are not in the USA.
I'll bet some of it went to Wisconsin.