If everyone on DU donated $1 or whatever you could afford, once a quarter

[jillan]

maybe we could have an impact on the money game that is now reality.

We have 150,000 + members.
If everyone gave $5 (averaging it out between those that could give $1 and those that could give more) that would be approx
$750,000 just from DUers once ever 3 months.

No - it's not the millions, or cough - the billions - of what the Koch Bros, KKKarl, Adelson, etc will donate - but it's nothing to sneeze at either.


Thoughts???? Is this something my fellow DUers would be willing to do?

[Kaleva]

1. Interesting! Most of us can surely afford a dollar a month.

[elleng]

2. Have had similar thought,

assuming you're talking about DUers donating to Obama campaign? Would have to be more than once a quarter, more like once a month until November.

If you're thinking more generally, to whichever candidates we 'like' or are particularly interested in, that's another thing, but I still agree.

[jillan]

4. I was just thinking of to Obama - or maybe even to a group like Move On that might be able to get

a stronger message out than the administration may be willing to deliver.

[Worried senior]

3. Even I could afford $1.00

every month, if this idea takes off I hope there will be a special announcement.

[jillan]

6. Same here. Some month I may be able to give more. Just something - anything to give the Dems

more money in this day and age where money talks louder than ever.

[Dokkie]

5. Something tells me

by the time to get rid of the double accounts, the no longer politically interested, the trolls, the dead and the banned on the membership list, that number will start to look very different. Still not a bad idea, we can concentrate on 1 small state and make it a success with true blue progressive policies and if successful can be used to show that liberal policies work in the US

[jwirr]

7. I am so broke it is not funny. I have $40 left for the rest of the month but I am beginning to think

that I should find a way to donate if I do not want this to happen in November. Wisconsin is a state that has a good education system and they are reasonably intelligent people but they did not know when they were being munipulated by big money. What happened there yesterday scares my. Our nation is blinder than we thought.

[demosincebirth]

9. Hang in there. you are an unherlded hero.

[JohnnyRingo]

8. Admittedly, that would have an impact on my finances.

On the other hand, the monied interests that support union busting and low wages could easily up their ante with little consequence to their quality of life.

Having said that, I plan to make a one time $100 donation from next month's pension check to both Obama and Sherrod Brown's campaign coffers. I'll augment that by buying my usual bumper stickers and t-shirts. That's something corporations can't do, and pride is a human-only emotion.

[woodsprite]

10. I'd be in for it! I've been thinking that for awhile now.

Just donated 2 wks ago to Obama. Not a lot, it was $25. I thought it was low enough that hubby wouldn't say much, then I could do it again in a couple of months. Hubby wasn't thrilled, but ttthhhhhppppppp!!! You gotta put your money where your mouth is.

[bigtree]

11. poor as I am

I'm already in for a regular deduction of $6 a month to OFA . . . My wife gives $6 a month too.

[AsahinaKimi]

12. After seeing what Big Money did for Wisconsin...

I think it would be great if the staff of DU set up a donation fund for President Obama, and it could be donated all at once. I could kicked in 5 dollars each month.. I would do it, knowing that we could end up losing our hope for a decent future.

[jillan]

15. That's what I was hoping for. If it was set-up like the other fund-drives we've had here, it just

might work.

[AsahinaKimi]

17. suggest maybe

taking this to Meta Discussion..bounce it off there.. you have my vote.

[pennylane100]

13. count me in.

[elleng]

14. KICKING this, for attention.

[Honeycombe8]

16. I gave more than that in 2008. nt