The Colbert Report is making a bunch of noise since yesterday when Steven Colbert listed the Top 22 Super PAC donors revealing half of all Super PAC money came from their $67 million in contributions alone.
From NYT coverage, Colbert says:
"I am sure that the good government goo-goos out there are saying this is just handing all the power to the 1% when in fact 22 people in a population of 300 million: That’s 7 one-millionths of 1 percent," Colbert said, tapping away on his trusty calculator until it spewed smoke. "So Occupy Wall Street, you’re going to want to change those signs."
Two of the 22 donors were Bob Perry (TX), who gave $3,600,000 to "Make Us Great Again" supporting Rick Perry, and Paul Singer (NY) donating $1,000,000 to "Restore Our Future" backing Mitt Romney's candidacy in the Republican Presidential Primary flooded with billionaire money.
But did you know that Perry and Singer are TWO of the Michigan Republican Party's Top 10 donors for 2010? Yep, that's a fact (Page 94).
To Michigan Republican Related PACs
Snyder, Richard & Sue (Campaign) $5,943,702
DeVos, Richard, Sr. & Helen (FL) (Rich) $1,199,904
Lynas, Robert & Joyce $1,007,000
Perry, Bob (TX) $1,000,000
Koch, David (NY) $988,604
Singer, Paul (NY) $783,400
Cohen, Steven (CT) $482,604
Jandernoa, Michael & Susan $416,655
Weiser, Ron & Eileen $418,247
Johnson, Ruth (Campaign) $354,834
Mills, Ted $339,500
Meijer, Frederick & Lena $339,000
DeVos, Dick & Betsy $334,754
Moroun, M.J. & Nora $333,225
Nicholson, James & Ann $302,704
Actually, as you can see, if you add Koch and Cohen to the list, FOUR of the Top Donors to the Michigan GOP are billionaires from out-of-state.
You might just check in YOUR STATE.
Welcome to a new country, and states too, bought and paid for, thanks to Citizen's United and the 1% (inside and outside) your state, as this shows.
Cross-posted from Blogging for Michigan. If it's Michigan, it's on BFM.