Would likely be even worse than it is now. The rise of the internet already empowered politicians to pull in tons of micro-donations. Which means that as long as they can push the buttons of dimwits, they no longer need to listen to big donors as much. Which is really an increase in the power of politicians (who can play with people's emotions) rather than an increase in the power of the voters. The practical fact is that you need people with power to hold people with power in check... And now politicians are increasingly not being kept in check - even though almost none of these people are themselves leadership material.
You've seen the outcome of San Francisco spending hundreds of millions a year on homelessness right? Although that problem was caused in large part by the courts making insane decisions that limited the city governments' ability to solve the problem. Entrepreneurs have tried to directly address homelessness too... And again been blocked by governments and laws built for ideal circumstances. smh.
Homeless people have tons of options and support. They want to be homeless because they refuse to get off drugs. No amount of money can make you stop substance abuse.
D’s are supposed to be for the working class? 😂😂. Seems like they are only making billionaires wealthy. They are the only ones saying that there’s a great economy!!
The regular people and their micro-donations are one of the biggest sources of donations, and thus one of the biggest sources of trouble in the post-internet age. Since it means that politicians that can push people's buttons can get more backing than they could before. Even $10 from a lot of dumb people can start to add up pretty fast.
There are billionaires on the Republican side too. It's mostly ideological. The real problem is that nobody is in a place to be sure what is best for the future of the country. And in the absence of views grounded in reality, people can only go in the direction of their own biases.
That’s because campaign finance disclosures are usually only reported every quarter rather than every month/day/etc. that’s what I would assume they did here.
What were the names of the donors last cycle? and WHY don't Democrats want to talk about who filled all their SuperPAC's last election cycle? BTW hes in prison
dovrebbe essere vietato donare a privati per la campagna di qualsiasi politico, ancora di piu per il presidente. si avviano con la donazione privata circuiti di interessi personali che poi spiegano le politiche economiche del paese!
All things considered, these donations sound microscopical relative to those people's net worths. And they don't quite seem aimed at getting Biden to do specific things. Of course, making laws is in any case, the responsibility of Congress. A President only has direct power over so many things.
The CEO of Netflix is calling for Biden to drop out and is no longer donating to his campaign. I am no longer a Netflix subscriber as of today. I encourage all true Democrats to cancel their Netflix subscriptions.
No sane person should be trying to hold onto Biden right now. Being indecisive at a critical time just means losing. Independent voters matter, and even Democrats don't have a ton of faith in Biden right now.
Imagine loosing billions, having several bankruptcies, and a large percentage of voters still aren’t smart enough to realize that you’re bad with money, and shouldn’t be trusted with the national budget. 👀
