Matt Gaetz Under Investigation

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(04-08-2021, 10:16 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: The money problem in politics isn't as much of a problem as people tend to think it is. Research is telling us that it isn't so much that money results in wins, it's that winners tend to attract money during a campaign. The money being spent is an attempt at influence, gaining favor, which also isn't really a thing. The relationship between money spent and policy outcomes is not a good one. In fact, it's pretty much 50/50 based on the research.

What does 50/50 mean? As in I'm a sugar lobbyist (or whatever group) and don't get my policy wishes in 50% of cases?

This for me is hard to take as an argument that influence of money in politics is not that big of a deal. I find it hard to determine how such a split would play out if there's no money involved. Might be be 80/20 or 100/0.

I mean, if it weren't a thing, why would all the interests groups and lobbyists even still spend that much money. They'd realize it's futile after some decades if it really were futile.