07-25-2018, 02:43 PM
(07-25-2018, 02:20 PM)PhilHos Wrote: I don't understand how a foreign "entity" is capable of influencing our elections if they're giving money to established groups. Say Russia gives a billion dollars to the NRA. How is that influening our elections? It's not like the NRA isn't already doing what it can to effect public policy. Giving them more money isn't going to make them all that more effective than they already are - it's not like their issues have to do with funding or the lack thereof.
The argument is that giving them more money gives them more power because it means they have more of a voice. The general thought it that money buys access and therefore influence. It's why people give to PACs and lobbying groups, because it gets them what they want.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
