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The ratio of special interest funding would have to increase by 80x to outweigh the $100 by a factor of 10: Currently, the $100 democracy dollars would outweig
by aoeusnth1 7y ago
The ratio of special interest funding would have to increase by 80x to outweigh the $100 by a factor of 10:
Currently, the $100 democracy dollars would outweigh special interest politician funding by 8:1, so for the pendulum to swing back in the other direction implies that political favors go up nearly 100x in price. That seems like an easy win to me.
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- zpallin 7y agoSpecial interest money absolutely does not need to outweigh the "democracy dollars" contributions in order to be effective. It just needs to be enough to sway the vote of the politicians. Most of the time voters aren't even aware of the agreements their representatives had made with donors. This won't change with "democracy dollars." Politicians will gladly take voter contributions, but they'll continue to take special interest money until the laws change.