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by cmdrfred 3490 days ago
> Trump has no interest in reducing the influence of money in politics

If you wanted to fix it, do you vote for the person who said he wants to change it or the person who profited from that system for decades? Both parties need to end if you want change on this.
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chasing 3490 days ago
Citizens United vs FEC is only ~7 years old and, if I recall, Hillary only ran in one election during that time frame. The same number that Trump ran in.

Regardless: The whole idea of campaign finance reform is that it's too powerful: Most politicians can't do the right thing because it would hobble them too much in elections.

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cmdrfred 3490 days ago
>Citizens United vs FEC is only ~7 years old and, if I recall, Hillary only ran in one election during that time frame. The same number that Trump ran in.

We didn't have corruption prior to Citizens United? Here's my purposed rule, if you take a nickel from a company you don't get to vote on anything that would effect them. No way in hell the neo-cons or the neo-liberals in Washington pass that.

>Regardless: The whole idea of campaign finance reform is that it's too powerful: Most politicians can't do the right thing because it would hobble them too much in elections.

That might be changing. People are pissed at the establishment. This is the first time since the 50's that the person who spent the most money lost.

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chasing 3490 days ago
> That might be changing.

Maybe! But now there's going to be even more monied interests spending hard to make sure it doesn't.

> This is the first time since the 50's that the person who spent the most money lost.

This is neither here nor there. Simply spending money isn't the issue.

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