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What kind of organization should citizens be allowed to create to promote a political position, if not a corporation?
by erik_seaberg 4y ago
What kind of organization should citizens be allowed to create to promote a political position, if not a corporation?
- greesil 4y agoIf by citizens you mean citizens with a fuckload of money.
- bobbylarrybobby 4y agoOne with limited spending power appears to be the gist, to everyone but the Supreme Court
- ben_w 4y agoA political party, surely. (Also, despite that I am not much of a fan of the UK political system, I do like that it has extremely low limits on election spending).
- erik_seaberg 4y agoA new political party would itself be a corporation (because if not, who owns its assets?) Running single-issue minor party candidates is also useless unless your issue is important enough to convince a majority of voters to abandon one of the big two parties that have run everything for our lifetimes.
- bandyaboot 4y agoThe non-profit kind for starters.
- erik_seaberg 4y agoCitizens United is a 501(c)4 nonprofit corporation. I think a lot of Super PACs are, but it doesn't seem to alleviate anyone's concerns.