10-03-2018, 09:53 PM
(10-03-2018, 06:35 PM)Duchess Wrote:(10-03-2018, 06:34 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: Michael Bloomberg is investing $100 million in Democratic Super Pacs ahead of the November mid-term elections.
Well that's a pretty penny. Yay!
It's a huge political contribution by any standard and will definitely help the Democrats compete for more House and Senate seats aggressively.
In the future, I really wish our elections would be less influenced/controlled by money. I'd love to see Citizens United overturned. Corporate money is not free speech and should not be unlimited. It's a terrible law, in my opinion.
It should not be that political parties and candidates are so dependent on huge donations to compete. That just opens the door to them becoming beholden to special interests and super rich individuals.
But, now that the Supreme Court is dominated by conservative judges, I think the chance of Citizens United being overturned anytime soon is very slim.