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Want to secretly fund an attack ad, contact the Chamber of Commerce .....
http://www.republicreport.org/2012/chamber-spooky-pac/~~
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The biggest Spooky PAC since the Citizens United decision has been the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber trades on its brand. People think the U.S. Chamber, based in D.C. across the street from the White House, is somehow related to their local chamber of commerce. Rather, the U.S. Chamber is a partisan lobbying force that raises large sums of money from multinational corporations to elect pro-big business candidates.
The Republic Report was the first to reveal all known contributors to the Chamber. But because the Chamber faces no disclosure requirements, we only have a small piece of the puzzle.
United Republics Jasper McChesney put together this infographic that shows how direct corporate cash, from firms like Prudential Financial and Coca-Cola Inc, flows into the Chamber secretly, and is then used for nasty attack ads:
The Chamber led the biggest attack ad effort of the 2010 midterm election. And now, the Chamber again is leading among the Spooky PACs active in 2012. Just this week, the group announced another round of ads, targeting Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL), Rep. Kathy Hochul (D-NY), and many others.
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Want to secretly fund an attack ad, contact the Chamber of Commerce ..... (Original Post)
Bill USA
May 2012
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Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)1. Do they get to deduct this donation??
Bill USA
(6,436 posts)2. probably. Is there any difference between advertising and propaganda? Lobbying expenses are
deductible.
Welcome to the Republican Dystopia: Second Great Depression, Citizens United (U.S. Government for sale), insurgent opposition party politics (...politics is war, sabotage anything constructive the Democrats are trying to do, whatever the collateral damage to the people and the nation).
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)3. I think there is a difference
One is very political and all such donations should be public records