People can spend their money how ever they wish. If they want to simply blow it like shown here, they don't have to explain their actions.
Some will spend 1 million on a new Bugatti, others in frittering it away like this example. It's amazing how bad others want control of other peoples money.
we have the best government money can buy
this is description of a legal bribe is but another example of it
Election reform, anyone? This is a dance around election contribution laws and I personally expect some pretty bad fallout over this.
A mystery company that pumped $1 million into a political committee backing Mitt Romney has been dissolved just months after it was formed, leaving few clues as to who was behind one of the biggest contributions yet of the 2012 presidential campaign.
The existence of the million-dollar donation — as gleaned from campaign and corporate records obtained by NBC News — provides a vivid example of how secret campaign cash is being funneled in ever more circuitous ways into the political system.
The company, W Spann LLC, was formed in March by a Boston lawyer who specializes in estate tax planning for “high net worth individuals,” according to corporate records and the lawyer’s bio on her firm’s website.
The corporate records provide no information about the owner of the firm, its address or its type of business.
Firm gives $1 million to pro-Romney group, dissolves - politics - Decision 2012 - msnbc.com
Laughing
I'm not sure how that addresses my point. If someone thinks candidate A is the best candidate and they want to spend $1 million telling others what they think, why is that your business?
It's not different than what each candidate will do. The next presidential election will see hundreds of millions of dollars spent with each candidate saying "I'm the best" but someone else can't spend their money stating "I believe he's the best"?
The problem is that tax exempt organizations like the Mormon Church, can't donate to political campaigns and maintain their tax exempt status. So they funnel it through one of these dummy companies and presto-changeo Churches can fund their favorite politician's campaign.
Not to mention, the people should know who sponsors their candidates. If big oil gives a candidate 1 billion for his campaign and then he votes in their favor all the time, it'd be a safe assumption that he was bought.
how anyone spends their money, such that they do not use the funds to bribe public officials, is of no concern to meI'm not sure how that addresses my point. If someone thinks candidate A is the best candidate and they want to spend $1 million telling others what they think, why is that your business?
so, you want us to believe every political candidate will expect to receive $1 million from an unidentifiable sourceIt's not different than what each candidate will do.
but will each of those politicians be receiving $1 million from an unidentifiable source? normally, when someone spends their money - in this case significant money - they expect something in returnThe next presidential election will see hundreds of millions of dollars spent with each candidate saying "I'm the best" but someone else can't spend their money stating "I believe he's the best"?
Mormons For Proposition 8 Donors — Mormons for Proposition 8Sort of like P.P. does? Anyway, have a link showing where they do this?
how anyone spends their money, such that they do not use the funds to bribe public officials, is of no concern to me
i oppose the state of china, or an international corporation, or the mafia being able to buy influence with the politicians who are charged with representing me
and you confuse free speech with (a 'gift' of) money. they are not synonymous
so, you want us to believe every political candidate will expect to receive $1 million from an unidentifiable source
but will each of those politicians be receiving $1 million from an unidentifiable source? normally, when someone spends their money - in this case significant money - they expect something in return
i want to know who is buying our elected officials. if the transfer of funds is legitimate, why the need to conceal it?
They set up a political entity which is required to report all donations just like any other political entity. Planned Parenthood does the same thing.
Is it right? I can say that a good arguement can be made either way but it must include all non profits.
Are tax exempt religious institutions supposed be supporting political campaigns?
we have the best government money can buy
this is description of a legal bribe is but another example of it
Sort of like P.P. does? Anyway, have a link showing where they do this?
If you are against doing that, how exactly will knowing where the money came from change anything? Will your position not stay exactly the same no matter what?
I would argue that there should be no private campaign contributions, period. Elections should be 100% publicly financed.
You are such a Good Citizen™.
No attempt at answering my questions?
Ask an intelligent one. We as Americans have the right to know where the money comes from.
It's the law. If there is nothing underhanded why is who they are such a big secret? What are they hiding?
In the original thread title I phrased it so that this was about Super PAC's, but that was changed without my consent, opening the door to make this a left/right thing which was totally not my intention.
Any politician that would accept this kind of donation is automatically suspect.
Being able to give a million dollars to a politician anonymously is a real problem.
It makes it very easy for foreign countries, criminals and people with conflicts of interest to pay off politicians in secret. It is much harder to get away with bribing a congressmen in return for contracts if you can compare campaign donors vs people who received contracts. I am generally in favor of people having their privacy, but in this case the consequences are too severe to accept.
Once again, that is not what is being questioned here.
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