Seems like maybe there should be laws preventing this.
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Elon Musk spent over a quarter of a billion dollars to help Donald Trump win the presidency, federal filings revealed.
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And it doesn’t bother them because they won’t live long enough to see the horrendous things that will happen.
Citizens United said disclosure was the substitute for contribution limits. States need to make that a requirement.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crlnjzzk919o.amp
Imagine what that money could do for Americans??
This miserable SCOTUS has decided that money = speech. Therefore campaign, finance laws can only exist in a very limited fashion.
It’s the “rich people have rights to defend their interests against the majority” mentality.
An anti-democracy stance.
This is what happens when we allow these people to exploit tax loopholes to gain wealth & influence. They organize to take over the world.
And they're not gonna give it back. If we want our government back, we're gonna have to take it back. And I don't know if we're up for that. 🫤
She was the one politician who gave me hope.
Spot on and upfront.
I think we should start by dropping the words “donor”, “donate”, “donations” and start using the words “investor”, “invest”, “investment” when it comes to politics.
When it’s $5, $10, yes, it’s donation bc that’s for support of policies. But when we get to $Ms, its for ROI!
It's clear that "conservative" lawmakers are complicit.
It'll piss off the "middle class" but they can complain about it in the empty guest bedroom of their 2nd house until there are no homeless.
SMDH
Mind you, most of his investments have been turning to custard lately so ….
This is what the simpering eunuchs in the Democratic party have done/
https://fortune.com/2024/11/29/vivek-ramaswamy-elon-musk-doge-tesla-rivian-biden-federal-government-loan-trump/