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All of the other candidates are also doing that; there's nothing special about how Bloomberg is spending his money. The others are doing the same, but with othe
by pjlegato 7y ago
All of the other candidates are also doing that; there's nothing special about how Bloomberg is spending his money. The others are doing the same, but with other people's money -- people who will now expect to wield influence behind the scenes. Is that not worse?
- danenania 7y agoPerhaps stating the obvious here, but if the money comes in small increments from millions of people who are broadly representative of the population (ahem, Bernie Sanders, ahem), then the politician will be beholden to the people they're actually supposed to be beholden to: the voters. If we allow the extremely wealthy to have an extreme advantage in campaigns, we'll end up with a government that only serves their interests. Why would we expect anything else? The solution to this is public funding of elections that puts all candidates on an equal playing field, or at least overturning Citizens United and only allowing direct donations under the maximum including from yourself.
- vanusa 7y agoAll of the other candidates are also doing that; there's nothing special about how Bloomberg is spending his money. Hiring dedicated trolls at $2500 a month, you mean? Do you have a source for that?