Campaign finance will do nothing under the circumstances we have now. They just launder money through Foundations these days. They write huge checks to foreign states which donate money to their foundations, or huge corporations donate to them, and the money goes back to the politicians.
Well, that's why I said "real" campaign finance reform. The laundering you accurately describe needs to end. That needs to be item #1 on our agenda to fix this broken system.
OK, maybe item #1 needs to be fixing the elections, but the two are very much related.
Yes, the only time politicians may even mention it is during election season. Afterwards, every promise they make is dropped. That was part of the reason Trump scared the establishment. How dare he keep to his campaign promises, that’s a terrible precedent to set.
Or real campaign finance reform.
Both sides complain about it, but somehow it is never addressed.
Campaign finance will do nothing under the circumstances we have now. They just launder money through Foundations these days. They write huge checks to foreign states which donate money to their foundations, or huge corporations donate to them, and the money goes back to the politicians.
Well, that's why I said "real" campaign finance reform. The laundering you accurately describe needs to end. That needs to be item #1 on our agenda to fix this broken system.
OK, maybe item #1 needs to be fixing the elections, but the two are very much related.
Yes, the only time politicians may even mention it is during election season. Afterwards, every promise they make is dropped. That was part of the reason Trump scared the establishment. How dare he keep to his campaign promises, that’s a terrible precedent to set.