40 charts that explain money in politics

[Triana]

Money suffuses our political system. Candidates must spend huge sums to get elected, and once they do, well-funded interests spend huge sums to influence how they vote. Campaign finance laws are being struck down, and money is rushing into outside groups that don’t have to disclose their donors. Some studies have found companies can get as much as a 22,000 percent return on their lobbying dollars, while a recent poll from the Global Strategy Group found that more than 90 percent of Americans wants to reduce the role of money in politics. Here’s what’s going on — in charts, of course.



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[Tierra_y_Libertad]

1. Ironically, the politicians who piously disclaim money in politics still beg for it. K&R

Thanks for posting, Triana.

[Fred Sanders]

2. Money gifted to the media to buy their consent, to buy their control....they are grateful.

[Triana]

3. No doubt. Most of this $$$ is going to the damn media.

It's no wonder why we have no actual news anymore. Just damn propaganda. Pfft.

[Fred Sanders]

4. Think the media will report on that obvious truth...bastardized media, corrupt and uniform.

[CrispyQ]

6. The whole thing is a fucking racket.

Citizen's United, electronic voting, gerrymandered districts, a Congress of millionaires, an apathetic public (& who can blame them) & a compromised, for-profit media.

[CrispyQ]

5. Stunning.

Mega dem contributors don't even come close to the amount mega repub contributors give.





[div style='color: red; font-weight: bold; font-size: small;']MONEY OUT OF POLITICS NOW!