behind the scenes at the small dollar donations because there s this kind of mythos of people reaching into their pock tote scrape together the $5 donation. that s not the way small dollar donations work. there s a giant telemarketing machinery behind this. are you about to ruin in order to get those donations that was the reality in 2008 with president obama where people were reaching into their wallets and pulling out five and ten dollar bills. i saw a kid myself take five dollars and do it for america. the obama campaign has to invest millions of dollars into this massive organization that then calls all these people around the country, et cetera, et cetera and solicits the donations. the other thing you have to note is that even if you take small dollar donations which is defined by the fec at the $200 limit, above which you have to disclose the name of who s doing it, below which you can do anonymously if you re giving