Buying American Government Is so Worthwhile that — Almost One Billion Dollars Were Spent on the 2016 Election in 2015 alone — Well Before anyone even Voted — Major Elements of our Economy Profit in Selling us Out

03 February 2016

Isn’t institutionalized corruption grand?

Presidential candidates and the political groups supporting them combined to raise more than $837 million during 2015, driven by a massive influx of cash to big-money super PACs, according to a Center for Public Integrity analysis of new campaign finance filings.

Nearly half of the presidential money raised in 2015 came from super PACs, which have no contribution limits. Republican White House hopefuls have been particularly reliant on them.

Federal regulators sanctioned super PACs in 2010 following the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling and a lower court decision. They’re supposed to avoid coordinating their spending with politicians they support, but many nevertheless are closely tied.

The result: The presidential campaign is now a super PAC-fueled arms race where almost everyone has a money bomb.

Media and the influence business both profit in selling us out

Generating corruption is institutionalized in our economic and government bones.

The moral? — Our pretend democracy is profitably always for sale

A smile of recognition alights on my sadly cynical face.

PeteFree.com

Buying American Government Is so Worthwhile that — Almost One Billion Dollars Were Spent on the 2016 Election in 2015 alone — Well Before anyone even Voted — Major Elements of our Economy Profit in Selling us Out