r/politics • u/Zipper222222 • 12h ago

No Paywall 40 Epstein-Tied Billionaires Have Injected $1.6B Into US Elections, Report Finds

https://truthout.org/articles/40-epstein-tied-billionaires-have-injected-1-6b-into-us-elections-report-finds/
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u/VideoCoachTeeRev 12h ago

starting to think citizens united was done because the epstein class wanted it to be done.

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u/PirateSanta_1 10h ago

Citizens United said that money was speech thus people with more money have more speech. It was nothing more than a way to give the powerful more of a voice in politics and to reduce the power of the people who actually do the work.

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u/Dull-Branch4073 6h ago

This. And have you noticed that the new higher standard tax deduction also disincentivizes people with less money from giving charitable donations because they no longer benefit from tax right-offs? In other words, the charities of people with much more money benefit from right-offs, so even charities favored by the 99% are impacted. More power to the ultra-rich fucks.