jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 3 months agoElon Musk steps up political giving with six-figure donation to House Republicanswww.politico.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1292arrow-down19
arrow-up1283arrow-down1external-linkElon Musk steps up political giving with six-figure donation to House Republicanswww.politico.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squareTallonMetroid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-23 months 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-up12·3 months 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?
minus-squareDancingBear@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·3 months agoIsrael definitely is
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