Kamala of the day
Kamala of the day
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“Government of the people, by the people, and for the people”
And yet, they still do donations/fundraising, and ads, and lies, and stupidity.
The whole system is exhausting.
- Corporations firstYakuZoku
- soooo... only republicans can fund-raise?
Trump supporters get dumber by the minute these days..hydro74 - doggy here is a big fan of the grift for fundraiser, or stealing from charities for startersimbecile
- https://iea.org.uk/w…yuekit
- Campaigns need money. “The people” can support them with donations. Where is this not happening?monospaced
- Loads of the companies just fund both people, so no matter who loses they still win.PhanLo
- It's rigged!palimpsest
- Corporations have more money hence they run shitYakuZoku
- Campaign Finance Reform https://www.youtube.…bezoar
- I would love to see a total ban on donations and only publicly funded campaigns on equal terms for both parties.CyBrainX
- YupYakuZoku
- she's on the hook for Joe's AIPAC millions now, so don't expect any change in policy, as if there would be. she's just as zesty for genocide as Joe is.face_melter
- You guys are being naive about how all this works. First of all, many of those donations are from small donors so it's not necessarily a bad thing.yuekit
- In USA one person can donate a maximum of $3,300 to a candidate. Aside from that there are also independent "political action committees" that can haveyuekit
- unlimited funding thanks to the Citizens United decision, but these PACs are outlawed from directly coordinating their ads and other efforts with the campaign.yuekit
- So that part definitely opens the door to corruption -- this was how Elon Musk was planning to spend $50 million/month to elect Trumpyuekit
- Democrats opposed that change but they eventually began doing the same thing themselves since otherwise they will never win an election.yuekit
- However groups that people probably like such as unions are also very influential on the Democratic side. It's not all corrupt billionairesyuekit
- A 2004 paper from Princeton showed 'the people' have almost no influence over US Gov't policy or decision-making.i_monk
- ^ During W's presidency, when that was more true than today. There's also the Electoral College that pretends Americans don't know how to count.CyBrainX
- That study said the rich's policies get implemented more often. Maybe not surprising considering Congress are a bunch of rich people.yuekit
- https://x.com/DrJill…Khurram
- Two cheeks of the same sweaty arse.Khurram
- So you support Jill Stain now? No more Trump?yuekit
- H0rshOepalimpsest