Wednesday, September 24, 2008

OpenSecrets | Donor Lookup: Find Individual and Soft Money Contributors

OpenSecrets | Donor Lookup: Find Individual and Soft Money Contributors

Look at the top two donations the Obama's have made this election cycle:

Barack gave Hillary 4k! In July - of this year! Maybe that's some of that quid pro quo I have heard so much about...

And then Michelle donated $399 to her husband's campaign. Wonder if she lost a bet, as I am pretty sure that they could both use whatever they want from their own assets without a formal donation. (wonder what that bet could be...)

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Competing Tax Plans: Two Perspectives - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog

Link above looks at three different graphs of the same information:

McCain & Obama's tax plans, broken down by stand devs, population, and %/taxes paid.

It's pretty darn informative, and you can choose which one you want to look at most, and which seems the most 'fair'.