sanitation@lemmy.today to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 3 days agoPro tip for voters: if a candidate on your ballot accepts $60 million in Super PAC dark money, don't fucking vote for them. They aren't working for youlemmy.todayimagemessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up1426arrow-down17
arrow-up1419arrow-down1imagePro tip for voters: if a candidate on your ballot accepts $60 million in Super PAC dark money, don't fucking vote for them. They aren't working for youlemmy.todaysanitation@lemmy.today to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square22linkfedilink
minus-squarezergtoshi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoNot OP, but I read it as “accepting” that kind of money equals getting bought with it and by the people who put the money in the PAC.
minus-squarelemming741@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoI think OP means you can’t stop a PAC from smearing your opponent, and you can’t stop them from promoting your exact platform. It’s all a big slushy mess, on purpose, intentionally making this question extremely nuanced https://admin.endcitizensunited.org/corporate-pac-faqs/
Not OP, but I read it as “accepting” that kind of money equals getting bought with it and by the people who put the money in the PAC.
I think OP means you can’t stop a PAC from smearing your opponent, and you can’t stop them from promoting your exact platform.
It’s all a big slushy mess, on purpose, intentionally making this question extremely nuanced
https://admin.endcitizensunited.org/corporate-pac-faqs/