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by yieldcrv 246 days ago
Super PACs are the dumbest of dumb money, and I'm surprised this forum isn't solely about extracting money from them

They have no shareholders or fudiciary duties, they are formed as non profits 501(c)4's with no purpose except their stated political position (for a policy / candidate, or against a policy / candidate) and this comes with no limitation on what they can own and do with the money

and this is all based on the flawed theory that spending equals votes

it's the dumbest reality that I thought would have been solved by constitutional amendment after Citizen's United but nope! how are you not taking advantage of this stupidity! the spending has only grown from all sides