02-20-2018, 10:47 AM
(02-20-2018, 10:31 AM)GMDino Wrote: This is what is so baffling/frustrating. The rank and file, the average citizen, they all want these changes and feel good about them but the leaders and the politicians think they're going to lose power/votes/money and won't do anything.
And they keep getting voted back in so maybe they are right?
We were discussing interest groups and political spending in class so I presented some numbers and let them talk about it.
NRA membership: 5m
NRA spending in the 2016 election: $58m
AARP membership: 38m
AARP spending in the 2016 election: $9m
No commentary, just let them talk about it.