Comments on: Liberals setup the Victory Fund, encourages netroots/grassroots participation. http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2008/05/06/the-liberal-setup-the-victory-fund-encourages-netrootsgrassroots-participation/ My personal opinions on social and political issues from a progressive standpoint. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:53:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Demosthenes http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2008/05/06/the-liberal-setup-the-victory-fund-encourages-netrootsgrassroots-participation/#comment-14902 Demosthenes Wed, 07 May 2008 22:44:32 +0000 http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/?p=1262#comment-14902 It's not a bad idea, I'll give it that. It doesn't have the immediacy of big-money donations, but the advantage is that it's steady and reliable, and has the "fire and forget" element that makes direct deposit so compelling for other things. People can sign up, and probably not even notice the ten or twenty dollars that's coming out of their account every month. (And if they do, it's usually more trouble than it's worth to <i>stop</i> donating, so they'll just keep it going anyway!)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('14902','Demosthenes'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('14902','Demosthenes','It\'s not a bad idea, I\'ll give it that. It doesn\'t have the immediacy of big-money donations, but the advantage is that it\'s steady and reliable, and has the \"fire and forget\" element that makes direct deposit so compelling for other things. People can sign up, and probably not even notice the ten or twenty dollars that\'s coming out of their account every month. \r\n\r\n(And if they do, it\'s usually more trouble than it\'s worth to <i>stop<\/i> donating, so they\'ll just keep it going anyway!)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> It’s not a bad idea, I’ll give it that. It doesn’t have the immediacy of big-money donations, but the advantage is that it’s steady and reliable, and has the “fire and forget” element that makes direct deposit so compelling for other things. People can sign up, and probably not even notice the ten or twenty dollars that’s coming out of their account every month.

(And if they do, it’s usually more trouble than it’s worth to stop donating, so they’ll just keep it going anyway!)

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]]> By: Ted http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2008/05/06/the-liberal-setup-the-victory-fund-encourages-netrootsgrassroots-participation/#comment-14883 Ted Wed, 07 May 2008 01:53:15 +0000 http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/?p=1262#comment-14883 The reason why the Conservatives have more individual contributions is because of the Reform roots, not the old PC side. The Reformers were truly grass roots who got zilch from big buisness. The Liberal and PC parties were establishment to the core.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('14883','Ted'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('14883','Ted','The reason why the Conservatives have more individual contributions is because of the Reform roots, not the old PC side. The Reformers were truly grass roots who got zilch from big buisness. The Liberal and PC parties were establishment to the core.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> The reason why the Conservatives have more individual contributions is because of the Reform roots, not the old PC side. The Reformers were truly grass roots who got zilch from big buisness. The Liberal and PC parties were establishment to the core.
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