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• Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Democrats will also fight to strengthen public financing with small-dollar matching for all federal candidates

  In addition to private contributions, they want tax money too. Additional lovey money.

  ban all private financing from federal elections.

  Hang on. What about the dollar matching. You can’t have both. Also, private financing is free to supply lovely money at all other times.

  and crack down on foreign nationals who try to influence elections.

  “Crack down” is not defined. Foreign donations to foundations like the Clinton’s are unlikely to be affected.

  We will keep super PACs wholly independent of campaigns and parties

  But they will still exist to funnel all that lovely money.

  Democrats will end “dark money” by requiring full disclosure of contributors and ban 501©(4) organizations from spending on elections.

  “Light” lovely money will still be accepted.

  Democrats will prohibit corporate PACs and lobbyists from donating to anyone they lobby.

  But corporate PACs will still be able to give the DNC lovey money.

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  The DNC is not trying to reduce the money they are receiving.

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  • finitebanjo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Captain, the goalpost is running away!

    Small Dollar donations mean individuals, like when a granny gives $15 to Bernie Sanders. Since that explicitly says public financing that means it would have an upper limit allotted to everhly candidate.

    It says businesses and corporations won’t be allowed to donate to campaigns or collaborate with campaigns. That leaves a loophole where they can still endorse a candidate publicly, but taking that away would be a violation of freedom of speech.

    PACs will still exist in the sense that political advocates and lobbies exist, but they would be severely gutted by not being able to fund campaigns, which is their sole purpose since the Citizens United decision was first handed down.

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    • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Captain, the goalpost is running away!

      I’m consistently defending the statement that the Democrats (and the Republicans) DO NOT want to remove money from politics.

      They may be arguing for more transparency, but they definitely are not asking for less lovely money. increase expenditure

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      • finitebanjo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The fact that you can see that graph and not realize the impact of Citizens United court decision has, that the DNC consistently campaigned on reversing, is astonishing. It’s like seeing somebody with every piece of the puzzle fail to put it together.

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