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Do you think two people should be able to split a $4000 printing cost? Citizens United was a ruling about pooling resources, opposed to a ruling against financ
by s1artibartfast 2y ago
Do you think two people should be able to split a $4000 printing cost?
Citizens United was a ruling about pooling resources, opposed to a ruling against financial limits.
There are several constitutionally upheld limitations on campaign contributions.
- bryanlarsen 2y ago> There are several constitutionally upheld limitations on campaign contributions. With loopholes big enough to drive a bus through.
- s1artibartfast 2y agosure, but that has nothing to do with CU, which is my point.
- bryanlarsen 2y agoIt has everything to do with CU. They haven't fixed the loopholes because of CU. The association thing is a red herring. Pretty much every other country in the world has a reasonable solution to the problem. If the limit is $2000 you can spend $2000 on your own or an organization can spend $2000 on behalf of you, or some mix.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoSure, and citizens united doesn't prevent that. It says that your ability to send $2,000 doesn't go away when you are part of an organization. If a corporation has a million shareholders that can each spend $2000, that is a hell of a lot of political donation.
- bryanlarsen 2y ago> If a corporation has a million shareholders that can each spend $2000, that is a hell of a lot of political donation. That corporation is not going to get permission from all million shareholders to completely use up their entire contribution limit.