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Monday, July 2, 2012

Gay Marriage Gates and Ballmer Each Give $100,000 to Marriage Equality

Posted by Dominic Holden on Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 3:48 PM

That's according to records filed with the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission by the campaign trying to approve Referendum 74.

It's a good start. You know, yaaaaaay. But if Bill Gates can contribute $1 million to the charter schools initiative and Steve Ballmer can spend $425,000 on a campaign to defeat an income tax on the wealthy—both efforts championed by conservatives—then they can afford to spend a little more on marriage equality this year. Just to balance things out.

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Giving to Marriage Equality is good PR for the economic elites and potentially profitable--maybe they foresee the possibility of marketing software products that satisfy the needs of married gay couples. Doesn't inconvenience the profit bottom line like an income tax on the wealthy.

Posted by neo-realist on July 2, 2012 at 4:03 PM

Come on - can't we be gracious and grateful?

Posted by Mike121 on July 2, 2012 at 4:05 PM

@ 2. I know. What happened to "Thanks"?

Posted by chimsquared on July 2, 2012 at 4:14 PM

I'm imagining Steve and Bill in that scene from "Rock of Ages" where Dennis Dupree and "Lonnie", after years of working together, look in each others eyes and ...

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe

on July 2, 2012 at 4:16 PM

@2, this is not that sort of place. It's okay - the odds of either giving a flying fuck what the likes of us are blogging-n-commenting about this are slim to none to negative a billion.

Posted by gloomy gus on July 2, 2012 at 4:21 PM

Dom, you're really something. Three years ago I begged you to write about Olympia gutting public education. Several times via email you said you would, but never did. Now you supposedly give a fuck about charter schools?!? You just see an opportunity to stick it to The Man.

Posted by Big Sven

on July 2, 2012 at 4:26 PM

I guess slog liberald can't understand folks who don't have Khmer rouge like adherence to their ideology.

Posted by Good on gates and balmer on July 2, 2012 at 4:33 PM

@6 Olympia is far outside the realm of Capitol Hill.

And unlike drugs, they don't affect Capitol Hill.

Posted by TheMisanthrope on July 2, 2012 at 4:46 PM

425K to self-interest
100k to buy goodwill

"thanks"!

Posted by Max Solomon on July 2, 2012 at 5:01 PM

@9 Because acting in your own interest is such a ridiculous idea.

Posted by prompt on July 2, 2012 at 5:33 PM

@10

woooooosh

Posted by Asparagus! on July 2, 2012 at 5:40 PM

Fvck em all.

Time to cancel the heavily poor and middle class subsidized Billionaires Tunnel and get us some PAYBACK!

Posted by Will in Seattle

on July 2, 2012 at 5:57 PM

I thought this was over now....

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2012/07/…

Posted by Peruna on July 2, 2012 at 6:04 PM

Yep. The billionaire boys really stepped up, didn't they and us little people should be grateful their agenda isn't entirely anti-99%. Very, very grateful!

Posted by 1971 on July 2, 2012 at 7:48 PM