this post was submitted on 08 Aug 2024
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Aren't contribution limits a thing? Or are we done pretending that our politicians aren't bought and paid for?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

nominally there a limits but the rich just donate however much they want to superpacs which are basically just front organizations for the politician.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I'm aware of all of the loopholes that exist now, but I didn't think the rich were just coming out and bragging about how they flaunt the very reasonable laws regarding contribution caps.

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