Liberal Site Tracks Conservative Money Men

Look at the break-down of where and how much Thomas Monaghan (Dominos Pizza) spends his money.

This is the guy leading the moral "christian" crusade. Take a look at what passes for holy causes in the christian right:

-$100,000 to Michigan right to Life
-$100 to Michigan meals on wheels

-2.6 mil to Gabriel Richard High School (with 400 students)...this is a place where kids must pass a "sexual dance test" before prom so as not to make Jesus cry.
-$560 to St Vincent de Paul Society that provides goods and services to poor people (not just "pregnancy planning")

-56 million to Ave Maria Law School
-500 to Baptist missions

When rich "christians" put their money where their mouth is, their mommas are usually reaching for some soap.

Does such a thing exist?

There is a money map on HuffPo. It'll show who made what in personal donations to a campaign. You can check out all the people in your neighborhood, or where ever...

fundrace.huffingtonpost.com

But tracking the money to/from 527's and PACs won't be easy. Most of that money comes from organizations set-up simply as go-betweens.

Rich guy sets up a "charity" or "trust". Said charity is directed by rich guy to give money to PAC to make an attack ad, or fund a sister organization. It is done so you can't see where the money comes from. If you want to know who gave candidate X money the FEC will tell you, "Catholic Ministries of Saskatchewan"--but if you want to know who funds CMofS you'll need to file a Freedom of Information document and/or get a subpoena.

I suspect if a non-partisan group started really digging the holes would just get much deeper and the ground much harder.

The best way to bring all political donations into the light is to tax the fuck out of 'em. Give as much as you want, but it is classified as gain for income purposes, and Uncle Sam gets a big cut right off the top. If you made 100 million last year and gave 25 million to a wing-nut political "charity", you pay 125 million in income taxes and the 25 million dollar donation is hit with a ____(90%?) rate before the charity touches it. A 1000 point media-buy in the Pacific Northwest now requires you to raise 300 million in donations to pay the taxes on a 12 million dollar ad campaign.

Nope. I want it to be very, VERY expensive to use your money to influence elections. And I want to the biggest benefactor of ANY political donation to be the US Government, a.k.a the taxpayer.