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In reply to the discussion: Campaign Finance Proposal [View all]

Shagman

(135 posts)
3. Are You Serious??
Mon Aug 20, 2012, 12:22 PM
Aug 2012

Here's a study on direct correlation between legislative success and who benefits from that legislation. Don't tell me that's accidental.

Princeton study

There's also the occasional confession from former Congresspeople, the ones who don't go directly into the private sector for their own turn at the trough.

Finally, there's a little thing I like to call common sense. Corporations don't give money to politicians out of civic duty, they expect a return on their investment. It can be a very profitable investment too.

And let's not forget ALEC, one of the best examples I know for getting money OUT of politics.

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