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Comment by j3th9n

3 years ago

Can you do the same for politicians?

sort of; proper political donations can be looked up https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress

  • Those are just the over the table tip of the iceberg ones...

    • Considering most spending is through special interest groups on behalf or in favor or against certain candidates, the real and large funding is really hard to track. Especially when contributions will often go from a larger funding group to a smaller action committee, with obfuscated details... it's sickening and gross.

      I'd really like to see all political funding only by individuals or organizations with open books, only able to receive funding from individuals or organizations with open books. If a corporate board/ceo wants contributions to be made, they can do it as individuals. It's definitely time for a constitutional amendment to eliminate corporate personhood.