Been like this for a while, but it’s becoming increasingly obvious that most politicians (both Republicans and Democrats) will generate millions in donations by promising things that they know will fail/be walked back. (1/3) https://twitter.com/politicoalex/status/1344729223500541952
US campaign financing has been a mess for a while now, and it’s only getting worse.

With the SCOTUS decisions of Buckley v. Valeo & Citizens United and the gutting of campaign finance laws, we’ve practically legalized corruption. (2/3)
US campaign financing has been a mess for a while now, and it’s only getting worse.With the SCOTUS decisions of Buckley v. Valeo & Citizens United and the gutting of campaign finance laws, we’ve practically legalized corruption. (2/3)
US campaign financing has been a mess for a while now, and it’s only getting worse.With the SCOTUS decisions of Buckley v. Valeo & Citizens United and the gutting of campaign finance laws, we’ve practically legalized corruption. (2/3)
If we ever want an actual functioning democracy, we NEED to fix this first.

Shorter campaign periods, contribution/spending limits, and revamped finance laws are great places to start.

With reform we might just bring ourselves back to reality like other countries...
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