Dominokat"Hi" Premium Member join:2002-08-06 Boothbay, ME
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Dominokat
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2012-Aug-23 12:53 pm
Here is my donation$0.00 Spend it wisely. | |
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Re: Here is my donationOh, you'll pay. Bwahahahahahahaha! | |
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axus join:2001-06-18 Washington, DC |
axus
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2012-Aug-23 12:54 pm
How does texting money work?Is the money added to the telephone bill? What percentage does the telco get?
For the legal side, what is the campaign contribution limit, and what happens if you send too many $10 text messages? | |
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| Mike Mod join:2000-09-17 Pittsburgh, PA |
Mike
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2012-Aug-23 1:06 pm
Re: How does texting money work?Burners. Tons of cheap burners. | |
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| 88615298 (banned) join:2004-07-28 West Tenness |
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said by axus:Is the money added to the telephone bill? What percentage does the telco get?
For the legal side, what is the campaign contribution limit, and what happens if you send too many $10 text messages? Haven't you been paying attention? There isn't a limit. | |
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| | FFH5 Premium Member join:2002-03-03 Tavistock NJ |
FFH5
Premium Member
2012-Aug-23 1:41 pm
Re: How does texting money work?said by 88615298:said by axus:Is the money added to the telephone bill? What percentage does the telco get?
For the legal side, what is the campaign contribution limit, and what happens if you send too many $10 text messages? Haven't you been paying attention? There isn't a limit. Yes there is - read the linked story. | |
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FFH5 to axus
Premium Member
2012-Aug-23 1:43 pm
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said by axus:Is the money added to the telephone bill? What percentage does the telco get?
For the legal side, what is the campaign contribution limit, and what happens if you send too many $10 text messages? Read the linked story: » in.reuters.com/article/2 ··· 20120823 | |
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| | axus join:2001-06-18 Washington, DC |
axus
Member
2012-Aug-23 6:37 pm
Re: How does texting money work?Limit is "$10 per text, $50 per month and $200 in total for one candidate or campaign. Donations are prohibited from foreigners, people under 18 or corporations, which could also mean corporate phone accounts."
"Typically, these fees can take 30 percent to 50 percent of the money sent over text, industry experts told the Federal Election Commission earlier this year." | |
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Re: How does texting money work?No politician is worth $10. | |
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joebear29totesmcgoats join:2003-07-20 Alabaster, AL |
i'm keeping my moneyPeople really value their money so little they will give it to a politician?
Good luck with that. | |
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| cork1958Cork Premium Member join:2000-02-26 |
cork1958
Premium Member
2012-Aug-23 10:32 pm
Re: i'm keeping my moneysaid by joebear29:People really value their money so little they will give it to a politician?
Good luck with that. My first kind of thought too. Most of those guys are so rich already and take so much from big companies, why should I give up my hard earned money? If they actually did some campaigning instead of accusing each other like they do maybe, but otherwise I wouldn't was the time it would take to send that text! | |
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newviewEx .. Ex .. Exactly Premium Member join:2001-10-01 Parsonsburg, MD |
newview
Premium Member
2012-Aug-23 1:09 pm
Fat chanceDo these recipients collect & indefinately retain your phone number, and then begin a campaign of harassment for MORE donations in the future?
Do these recipients sell/rent/giveaway your phone number to third parties?
Since political calls are exempt from the Do Not Call list, I think I'll pass on donating anything through my somewhat semi-anonymous cell phone number. | |
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| Gami00 join:2010-03-11 Mississauga, ON |
Gami00
Member
2012-Aug-23 1:23 pm
Re: Fat chanceit'll be funny to see that all the money donated, will be summed up and the phone company that will be giving it over, will get a tax break for it. | |
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FFH5 Premium Member join:2002-03-03 Tavistock NJ |
FFH5
Premium Member
2012-Aug-23 1:40 pm
AT&T not on list?What happened to AT&T? Not on the list of carriers with an agreement.
And the story makes it clear only a % of your donation will make it to the political campaign. A healthy chunk will go to the carrier and the group that processes the transaction.
Do yourself and the campaign a favor - contribute by mail and make sure almost all of your money makes it to the intended recipient. | |
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mdlt
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2012-Aug-23 1:47 pm
Contributions By TextAnd if somebody has a spoofing app, could one not rack another user's bill up by using their cell number and flood the coffers of either candidate? | |
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Re: Contributions By TextSpoofing would not work in this situation. The carriers know which number a text is truly being sent from, the "reply-to" field typically used in the SMS PDU for spoofing would not work. | |
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Restrictions?I wonder if there will be a lawsuit about this method of contribution allowing to skirt restriction on non-citizen contributions (see » www.fec.gov/ans/answers_ ··· ntribute ). Unless carriers will have to verify eligibility somehow, by more than texting back "Are you a citizen? Text Yes". Lawsuit in 3... 2... 1... | |
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| blushrts join:2001-01-06 New Cumberland, PA |
Re: Restrictions?We already have a Supreme Court ruling that allows non-citizens (corporations and unions) to make campaign contributions by way of the waves of "paid for by the friends of..." political commercials we are bombarded with. | |
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CamaroQuestion everything Premium Member join:2008-04-05 Westfield, MA |
Camaro
Premium Member
2012-Aug-23 2:34 pm
AmazingI always find it funny when politics mix with the private company's it is instant results when it benefits them.
Maybe they both should concentrate on you know the bigger issues like the economy, jobs, poverty, you know real problems with our country instead of getting more money to run attack adds 23 hours a day. I don't think I have seen a add that tells us why should we keep any of them in office instead of getting each side so angry at the other party it's useless to get anything done in this country. | |
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Re: Amazingall of those things are non-issues. | |
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All the texts in the worldwon't save Obama this time around. | |
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Maggs Premium Member join:2002-11-29 Jackson Heights, NY |
Maggs
Premium Member
2012-Aug-25 10:24 pm
What about service?Why should I pay them for sub standard service? When was the last time you paid $100 Million for a $400k job. 99% of Congress are multimillionaires, why do they need $175k for a PART TIME job? Add to that the pension and health and welfare benefits and you're looking at over 200k for a part time job, not too shabby for a no-show job. Someone should sue every Congress member both professionally and personally under the False Claims Act, and make them sweat in the court of public opinion, can you imagine the amount of news coverage and scrutiny that would get them.
Most of the waste in the US Government is right there in the US Congress, overpaid cronies who can legally self deal before the STOCK Act was passed. If I trade on inside info, I go to jail, if they trade on inside info, nothing happens. If they murder someone on the way to Congress, they get a free pass, that's one awesome deal. | |
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