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The article proposes that 100k is big money, but hundreds of millions of dollars were raised and spent in the recent NC Senate Race. Also, donations from Salem
by WillPostForFood 6y ago
The article proposes that 100k is big money, but hundreds of millions of dollars were raised and spent in the recent NC Senate Race. Also, donations from Salem Media, a right wing radio outlet, surely were unrelated to lobbying around streaming.
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2020/10/north-carolina-senate-2020-outside/ https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2020/10/north-carolina-sena...
- jmull 6y agoThese companies aren’t spending this money for no reason.
- dariusj18 6y agoSometimes they put money towards a candidate that already thinks the way they want. It's not always a bribe.
- jmull 6y agoNot saying it’s a bribe. It can simply get and focus the senator’s attention. (In fact, I’d be shocked if it met the legal definition of bribe — why do it illegally when it’s so easy to do in a legal way?)
- choward 6y agoSure, the candidate may say things they like but since when do politicians do everything they say? They are going to prioritize whatever has the most money behind it.
- kifhuwzrsa 6y agoQatar can buy the votes of individual congressmen for only a couple thousand. 100k can buy a lot more. Source from Center for International Policy: https://static.wixstatic.com/ugd/3ba8a1_eae58acd2c11459894d8e45fbbe1552d.pdf https://static.wixstatic.com/ugd/3ba8a1_eae58acd2c11459894d8... If you are sketched out by the direct link you can also find it by scrolling down on this page: https://www.internationalpolicy.org/program/Foreign-Influence-Transparency-Initiative https://www.internationalpolicy.org/program/Foreign-Influenc...