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In reply to the discussion: Post removed [View all]emulatorloo
(46,155 posts)there are few limits on how much you can give.
I have no doubt they will do good work.
Until we can get rid of Citizens United, Democrats including Bernie are not going to just surrender to folks like the Koch Bros.
Additionally Citizens United will never go away if we allow Republicans to win. They have 0 interest in getting rid of Citizens United.
So we are in a place right now where we have to think in terms of "good PACs" vs "bad PACs". Yes I know that isn't how it should be. But that's the world we live in right now until we get enough political power to get campaign finance reform done.
As to the ACA you can hang the blame on one man: Joe Lieberman. We needed his vote to pass it. He held us hostage and killed the Public Option. When an alternActive was suggested, opening up Medicare to 55 y/o, Lieberman killed that too.