The Deafening Silence on the coming Corruption

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7. Our electoral process has become an industry in itself. A huge corrupt industry.

It was bad before Citizens United but now our process is open to unaccountable money/influence. Until we change that nothing will change, & the people who can change it are some of the beneficiaries of the current corrupt system.

"Do you want $3 of your federal tax to go to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund?" Remember this question on the IRS tax form?

How the $3 campaign contribution check box on your tax form works
https://www.marketplace.org/2021/11/04/how-the-3-campaign-contribution-check-box-on-your-tax-form-works/

The box is a relic of an era when candidates took advantage of public funding. Mayer said that prior to the presidency of George W. Bush, it was actually the norm for most major candidates to take these funds for both their primary and general election campaigns.

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During the 2000 cycle, Bush became the first candidate to turn down public funds for the primaries and caucuses.

Since then, the numbers have grown much bigger. Mayer said the amount candidates need to spend now, and the amount they can raise, vastly exceed the spending limits they’d have to agree to.

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It’s much easier to raise money now, he added, thanks to online platforms like the Democrats’ ActBlue and the Republicans’ WinRed. The 2020 election cycle was the most expensive in U.S. history, with combined spending in presidential and congressional races reaching $14.4 billion, according to an OpenSecrets analysis of FEC filings.

It's obscene & corrupt. There may be more than a dime's difference between the two parties, but even the dems have to acquiesce to their masters.