Citizens United is legislation that I would actually call evil, and it's so ironic they gave it a name implying it's good for the average citizen. Simply put, Citizens allow Super PAC's to raise and throw as much money as they want at a candidate, mostly from wealthy donors, and they do not have to disclose where the money came from, or how much came from who. In a sense, it allows rich people to fix elections, or maybe it's more appropriate to say it allows them to put their thumb on the scale. However, it's quite a big thumb and it's also invisible.
Oh my! Speaking of evil, I just went to the American Sunlight Project's webpage. A giant face pic of Nina the Priss stared at me with "Hannibal Lecter" eyes!
EDIT: Paige, I came back to give you an example of the hidden nature. So, here it is in the form of a rhetortical question: How might it affect you to learn that a controversial wealthy donor gave 10 million dollars to both candidates (both sides of the race) in an important election? It's my opinion, that this is what they want to hide. They don't want the American people to see that they're basically "greasing the field", and it's not a dumb move.
Olio, if you're in the mood, what is it about Citizens United that would allow ... what? obfuscation? ... of "Sunshine's" funding?
Citizens United is legislation that I would actually call evil, and it's so ironic they gave it a name implying it's good for the average citizen. Simply put, Citizens allow Super PAC's to raise and throw as much money as they want at a candidate, mostly from wealthy donors, and they do not have to disclose where the money came from, or how much came from who. In a sense, it allows rich people to fix elections, or maybe it's more appropriate to say it allows them to put their thumb on the scale. However, it's quite a big thumb and it's also invisible.
Oh my! Speaking of evil, I just went to the American Sunlight Project's webpage. A giant face pic of Nina the Priss stared at me with "Hannibal Lecter" eyes!
EDIT: Paige, I came back to give you an example of the hidden nature. So, here it is in the form of a rhetortical question: How might it affect you to learn that a controversial wealthy donor gave 10 million dollars to both candidates (both sides of the race) in an important election? It's my opinion, that this is what they want to hide. They don't want the American people to see that they're basically "greasing the field", and it's not a dumb move.
Thank you (and I caught the edit!). Now I can cube my Rubik.