by Sandy » Sun Jul 31, 2016 10:18 pm
It seems to be a particular sore point this time around with Republicans, who have raised a pretty good share of money from the same sources. You can look at it as contributions being some kind of assurance of political favor later on, and that might be an expectation, though the Democrats they've supported generally don't push for the kind of legislation they would be after. But both of the most recent Democrat presidents have put economic policy in place that has led to massive private sector job growth, and a high level of economic recovery from recessions caused by Republican economic policy. Perhaps their contributions are directed toward politicians they believe will bring about the kind of economic growth from which they benefit. Democrats generally do that, while Republicans seem stuck in failed, trickle down and tax the middle class schemes.