Tea Party Thought: Split your donation with your spouse/significant other.

My wife and I share a joint account. So instead of me dropping the entire donation.. why not split it between us individually. Therefore we get 2 individuals donating instead of 1. Multiply that by X number of people who can do this and it will increase the number of donors significantly.

1 x $100 donation after expenses = ~ $97 to the Ron Paul Campaign
2 x $50 donations after expenses = ~$94 to the Ron Paul Campaign

One of the donation requirements is
"I am making this contribution with my own personal funds, and I will not be reimbursed by anyone for this contribution." You may NOT provide money for other people to donate. It is illegal. The limit is $2300 for individuals and $4600 for married couples. It is an excellent idea for spouses who are going to donate from shared funds to do it as two transactions in different names. I personally would not exceed $2300 to donate money in my wife's name without her permission, but I do not know the law on that. Fortunately she has also donated in her own name. Unfortunately, this is a moot point with me because I am not maxed out anyway.

I've already send $ 50.00 each to 6 family members to donate on the 16th. They are my children and their spouses.

I think it's a great idea. I had the thought a month or so back to maybe have a military fundraising drive. If the media would report not only the amount given by our military families but also the number of donations it would be a great thing. Imagine if you had thousands and thousands of donations of just $5 apiece. It would add up and it would also show support by our enlisted men and women serving home and abroad.

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To triple/quadruple my donation. Instead of gifts at Christmas, Santa is giving ~$200 to RP, my parents are giving $30 each and my brothers are each giving like $30 (all on Dec 16)

And since i've been so vocal about politics (i hate politics) I expect my stocking will be filled with RP bumper stickers. :)

I am sharing the donation with my convert roommate here at school, he's giving $50 and i'm giving $50 so he could pledge.

"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win."
-- Mahatma Gandhi

sounds like a plan...