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In reply to the discussion: The GOP implosion is giving me a boner... [View all]Warpy
(110,913 posts)that billionaires lavished many millions on, thinking Citizens United would allow them to buy the election, hey, no sweat!
Now it turns out those super PACs are nothing but big scams, spending less than 5% on average on the election. That means for every million they put in, they get $50,000, enough to buy two or three 30 second commercial blocks in one market. And that's if they've spent any money making commercials! So where did the money go? Hey, executive salaries, posh office suites, and slick mailers looking for more suckers to pour money down the rathole.
The Republican Party started to devolve into a racketeering organization in the 70s with the Nixon Dirty Tricks squad. You want to talk schadenfreude, let's talk about how the rackets are now scamming them.