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Can someone explain what exactly "US Government" in the #1 spot for Obama means? Seems odd that government money could be used to support a candidate incumbent

• pulplobster 14y ago
  Funny, in the rest of the world, this would be normal -> parties get funding from the government, no funding from private entities allowed.
• cremnob 14y ago
  People employed by the US government.
• langseth 14y ago
  You can read about it here: http://www.fec.gov/pages/brochures/pubfund.shtml http://www.fec.gov/pages/brochures/pubfund.shtml
• tzs 14y ago
  The list is badly labeled. What it should be labeled is "employers of people who donate money to the candidates". I'm flagging the submission, because although this kind of information is interesting, this is a very crappy presentation of it. For an example of a better presentation: http://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/index.php http://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/index.php
• uriah 14y ago
  I believe the money in question comes from the organizations' employees, owners, and PACs not from the organizations directly.