jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 11 hours agoElon Musk steps up political giving with six-figure donation to House Republicanswww.politico.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1187arrow-down17
arrow-up1180arrow-down1external-linkElon Musk steps up political giving with six-figure donation to House Republicanswww.politico.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 11 hours agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareTallonMetroid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-29 hours agoCampaigns being explicitly publicly funded would also have the benefit that if the fatcats want to contribute more*, they’d need to pay more taxes! *while still not getting to choose who they’re actually contributing to, because eat the rich
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 hours agoIt also stops what is going on right now thanks to Citizens United- foreign dark money coming in to influence elections. Because Russia is very likely pumping a lot of money into U.S. elections and they’re probably not the only one. It’s legal, so why not?
Campaigns being explicitly publicly funded would also have the benefit that if the fatcats want to contribute more*, they’d need to pay more taxes!
*while still not getting to choose who they’re actually contributing to, because eat the rich
It also stops what is going on right now thanks to Citizens United- foreign dark money coming in to influence elections.
Because Russia is very likely pumping a lot of money into U.S. elections and they’re probably not the only one. It’s legal, so why not?
Israel definitely is