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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders tells Democrats to back off primary attacks [View all]JCanete
(5,272 posts)when Republicans, like Rubio refuse to say they will take no more donations from the NRA, but when it comes to democrats and donations, said industries are applying no influence whatsoever and ....oh, in fact its suddenly illegal. You know on whatever level that its illegal there are plenty of other legal avenues of financial support, say...uh, super pacs. For that matter, I'm pretty sure there is a certain direct contribution threshold that corporations are allowed to give to candidates (not to mention a higher one in total if they are going to contribute to a party), and it remains true that individuals, CEOs, other executives, etc. can themselves contribute at the highest money value.
Actually here is the details on whether or not corporations can contribute:
Corporation Contribution Limits
22 states completely prohibit corporations from contributing to political campaigns. Another six-Alabama, Missouri, Nebraska, Oregon, Utah, and Virginia-allow corporations to contribute an unlimited amount of money to state campaigns. Of the remaining 22 states, 19 impose the same restrictions on corporation contributions as they do for individual contributions. The other three set different limits.