“While the U.S. electronics industry isn’t a major donor to U.S. presidential campaigns, generally preferring to focus its financial clout on congressional races, something unusual is happening this election cycle. According to early federal estimates, GOP hopeful Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, a libertarian, is attracting the most individual campaign contributions from employees of major U.S. high-tech companies,” George Leopold reports for EE Times.
“Based on available donor data, the Washington-based Center for Responsive Politics estimates that employees of Google Inc. and related political action committees are the top contributors to Paul’s long-shot presidential bid. As of Sept. 30, Google employees had contributed $22,250 to Paul, and Microsoft Corp. employees were the No. 4 overall contributor to Paul’s campaign, kicking in $12,863. Employees from Cisco Systems, Apple Inc. and Verizon have also contributed,” Leopold reports.
“According to the most recent figures released by the Federal Election Commission, Paul has raised almost $8.3 million, nearly all of it from individual contributors. According to commission totals, Paul raised more than $214,000 in contributions through the end of the third quarter from computer and network technology companies,” Leopold reports.
More in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]
RP is the man!
The Dude abides.
Agree with him or not, but he deserves to be recognized as the most consistent candidate that has been seen for years. Honest, principled, lives what he believes when it comes to reducing government spending – I wish that he was not so alone when it comes to those things.
Could it have something to do with this?
Dr. Ron Paul has the greatest message of them all.
Liberty!
Yea, vote for honesty and principles. Just about all the rest are scumbags. Real people are financing Ron Paul, the corps are financing the others. Real people buy Macs, the corps finance MS.
You can trust the people, just give them the facts to make their own judgment, not all the Faux News etc.
Good job tech workers. Support the nutjob who would wreck our financial system.
What I can’t figure out is why the “Reset Safari” menu option is on the Edit menu on WinSafari?
Just seems so strange to me…
Windows is dumb. So are the choices for our next president.
Like the last time, and the time before that, and the time before that and so on…
Ron Paul is the only republican candidate telling the truth. We need to be talking about the real problems and stop bankrupting our country not squabbling about “he said, no he said” crap.
They barely gave him a chance to speak at the last debate but when he did, it was the truth.
What moron in their right mind would vote for Mitt Romney. The guy killed and exported thousands of US jobs as head of Bain Capital, his only real experience in economics is more satan than Bush. The Dems will have a field day with this guys REAL record.
@ John B
Hemp solves global warming too, seriously, the oil companies don’t like it, that’s why it’s illegal.
It used to be mandatory that farmers grew hemp, so damned useful it is, and cheap. But it grows everywhere real easy so they can’t manipulate the price like they can with oil. Start another war, oil price goes up, Exxon, BP et al all have to excuse making such big profits whilst consumers are paying more.
Fun fact, the constitution is written on paper made from hemp.
Tommy boy, your financial system is a complete fraud.
It’s already wrecked.
Ron Paul has some good ideas on the economy, but the rest of his ramblings are just plain crazy!
Reclaimer can you elaborate?
librium, low taxes, that’s all. At least that’s the way I understand it.
But Ron Paul is just plain nuts!
Liberty without responsibility is chaos.
Go Ron Paul! And by the way, Tommy Boy, wreck our financial system? If you’re talking about the gold standard, we had it (more or less) until 1973. It’s the Federal Reserve, that has money printed out of thin air in attempts to artificially lower interest rates, that has led to the devaluation of the US dollar and economic issues we face today.
“The Federal Reserve is about as ‘federal’ as Federal Express.”
http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com
Skim past the religious stuff if it offends your sensibilities, but it’s pretty much everything Ron Paul talks about.
ahh, Ron, sexist, racist, batsh!t crazy….. i guess if you consider that “honest and principled.”
what’s not to like?
@ Guess Poser
You’re preaching to the choir.
Hemp is arguably the most valuable non-food crop known to mankind. It’s oil is a substitute for petroleum. Imagine, a renewable source of biodegradable fuel, plastics, and paint. Not to mention its fiber, which is a substitute for both wood (paper) and cotton (cloth). It is fast and easy to grow, harvest, and process virtually anywhere, requiring little labor and no polluting chemical fertilizers.
Technically, it is legal to grow hemp in the US with a federal license. However the federal government does not grant licenses.
If it weren’t for RP’s views on abortion and creationism, I’d be all for him.
First you might want to research where your taxes go (Hint: paying a private bank “The Federal Reserve” interest on the money it lends you to fight illegal wars.)
If it wasn’t for that corporation, your country would have much, much, much lower taxes.
I’m not sure I follow the “Liberty without responsibility” part.
He’s more of the “Liberty without government tyranny”
You Americans better wake up soon, cause I don’t want you taking us down with you.
*rolls eyes* Ron Paul. Might as well have Zune Tang run for office.
What’s nuts about him? He actually obeys the Constitution (Article 1, Section 8 and the 10th Amendment: read it). So when he says “repeal all federal drug laws, including those that prohibit kids from smoking crack”, note that the key word is FEDERAL. State and local governments are the only ones that constitutionally have the authority to make such laws, and anyway they would probably enforce them far more efficiently and sensibly, instead of the current failed, unconstitutional, one-size-fits-all federal War on Drugs.
So, after learning the reasoning behind his positions, which of his “ramblings” is actually “insane”?
ericdano: Have you ever seen those two together? Hmmm.
Ron Paul is my homeboy!
Understanding why tech workers support Ron Paul is easy. Tech workers typically have better math skills then the typical American who has trouble making change for a Big Mac.
Therefore, since tech workers can actually add and multiply, they can see the humungous US budget and trade deficits are driving the US toward bankruptcy.
Paul’s solution: quit spending our tax money on foreign wars and entanglements and quit sending our jobs oversees for free.
Keeping the US from turning into a 21st century Argentina should be the only campaign issue and Ron Paul is the only one talking about it.
Ron Paul is the most honest in the race!
How can american people not be for their own freedom? We are not voting for a prom queen….
People wake the f*ck up! Ron Paul will eliminate the IRS and Taxes…You get to keep your the money you earn instead of paying the interest in the federal debt.
This country ran fine for nearly 200 years WITHOUT an INCOME TAX before the fradulent bad money system was brought into place in 1913 known as the Federal Reserve.
Which other candidate wants to give the American People back their Freedom that was taken away by the Patriot Acts?
Which other candidate wants the American People to keep their hard earned money by getting rid of the thugs called the IRS?
Most of the income tax we pay goes towards the interest payments we on the $9.2 Trillion Dollars we owe to foreigners like the Chinese.
In time we all will have wished we had the wisdom to vote for Ron Paul when our new chinese landlord is kicking us out in the streets.
I really don’t understand how people are not interested in their own freedom and money….one of the mysteries of life.
Isn’t freedom and prosperity two of the things that made the us great?
Now the US is the most in debt and bankrupt country in History because of the jokers in washington self serving policies.
For an eye opening experience watch this video…Then vote for whomever you think is really looking out for you and America.
@librium:
For one thing, he’s almost as big a religious extremist as Huckabee. He outright rejects evolution, using the popular definition of “theory” over the more accurate scientific one (and he’s a “Dr.”!).
His foreign policy (what little he’s espoused on it) pretty much boils down to extreme isolationism.
In many ways he reminds me of Lyndon LaRouche: brilliant in one area, but completely bizarre everywhere else. I prefer a more well-rounded candidate, thank you very much.