# $36,000 a plate. Where did it go?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/36-000-a-plate-where-did-it-go/601186>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 29, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/36-000-a-plate-where-did-it-go/601186 "2011-10-29T14:41:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/36-000-a-plate-where-did-it-go/601186/21 "2011-10-29T20:49:28Z")

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> [@CitizenPained](#):
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> President I am on the Side of the Little Man Without Bootstraps & I don’t take Contributions from Special Interests Obama has more than one face.

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**CitizenPained** , political snipes like this one are not allowed in GQ. Stop now.  
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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/36-000-a-plate-where-did-it-go/601186/22 "2011-10-29T20:55:52Z")

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OP, welcome to the SDMB! This is indeed the best place available to ask difficult and perplexing questions.

As others have pointed out, this is a common political fundraiser, and there will be hundreds of them in the coming months from our candidates. Running for election is incredibly expensive, and if it weren’t for fundraisers like these, only millionaires could run.

Thanks again for the question.

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