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   corey🧶🌁🚲 (coreyf@sfba.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Dec-2024 01:16:25 JST corey🧶🌁🚲

   • Evan Prodromou

   @evan Corporations are people in the US. So unless you limit or eliminate those contributions, any person—citizen or not—can hide behind a corporation contributing to a Super PAC or Hybrid PAC.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Monday, 16-Dec-2024 01:16:24 JST Evan Prodromou

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     @coreyf so, the phrasing of the question doesn't suggest to you that the point is putting a limit on *total* spending? I tried to make it clear but everyone keeps mentioning PACs in the comments.

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     corey🧶🌁🚲 (coreyf@sfba.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Dec-2024 05:26:13 JST corey🧶🌁🚲

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     • Evan Prodromou

     @evan Maybe I’m being overly nitpicky, but the fact that citizens have a maximum amount they can contribute to a candidate yet corporations, organizations, and the rich folks who are behind these entities can contribute any amount indirectly during an election is a tremendous problem. Citizens’ United is the downfall of fair elections in the US.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Monday, 16-Dec-2024 05:26:13 JST Evan Prodromou

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     @coreyf cool. Maybe this isn't a good one-sentence poll for you.

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     corey🧶🌁🚲 (coreyf@sfba.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Dec-2024 05:26:14 JST corey🧶🌁🚲

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     • Evan Prodromou

     @evan The FEC site states that there are PACs, Super PACs, and Hybrid PACs. Corporations are not permitted to contribute to traditional, nonconnected PACs. Not so with Super PACs or Hybrid PACs: “Who can and can’t contribute to a Super PAC or Hybrid PAC—
     Political committees that make only independent expenditures may solicit and accept unlimited contributions from individuals, corporations, labor organizations and other political committees. They may not accept contributions from foreign nationals, federal contractors, national banks or federally chartered corporations.” Your phraseology indicates “US citizens”, which corporations are not “US citizens” in reference to voting.