Jim Walton
Occupation: "WAL-MART INC. (Retired)/ARVEST BANK CHAIR AND CEO"
Total of political contributions since 1978: $916,234
Party or PAC: Dem - 1% GOP - 89% PAC - 10%
Major donations: Mike Huckabee ($2,300), Rudolph W Giuliani ($2,300), National Republican Congressional Committee ($25,000), Trent C Lott ($2,100)
Political philosophy: "…a USA TODAY review of public documents reveals [the Waltons are] emerging as a political juggernaut on tax issues, extending Wal-Mart's influence over U.S. society even more. The Walton support for Bush and other fiscal conservatives assumed new urgency last month when Wal-Mart sweetened its dividend — boosting Walton dividend income above $1 billion a year. Bush's dividend tax cut, enacted two years ago and set to expire in 2009, will save the family as much as $51 million this year."
Figures courtesy of Polity Media, whose records go back no further than 1978.
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The backbone of America!
Evidentally lack of upper lip = donations to Huckabee.
H Lee Scott's Civic Dooty profile actually has an image of Susan Sarandon. I dig it, though.
Mohamed Al-Fayed owns Harrod's. Recognise that name? He is indubitably denied British citizenship. As was his son. Explains a lot, aye?
They give money to the politicians who I don't support. But if they didn't make any donations, we'd be moaning about how uninvolved even the most powerful Americans are in the political process. So good for them.
Criticising white men is like shooting fish in a barrell, I suppose. May we please get a list of donations made by powerful black lesbians and sneer at them, too, in the name of fairness?
Why is the Walton dude two different colors? Does he wear a 10 gallon hat normally? Did they forget to spray tan his forehead? Creepy.
Maybe he had his picture taken at Wal-Mart.
what about oprah