dark money, Political Industrial Complex

 dark money, Political Industrial Complex

Sen. Elizabeth Warren demanded on Friday that President Barack Obama demote his top financial regulator, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairwoman Mary Jo White. By refusing to rein in how corporations can spend money, Warren argued, White has allowed dark money to explode under her watch.



Between 2000 and 2012, spending on elections doubled to more than $6 billion. And those figures do not include dark-money groups’ spending, which, as their name suggests, goes largely unreported. So just what does a huge percentage of that money buy? Consultants! How's that for job creation...



The Political Industrial Complex: Government of, by and for... Consultants! - BillMoyers.com
Our Gross Political Product can be measured in the rise of the seemingly…
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In the politics of the United States, dark money is a term that describes funds given to nonprofit organizations—primarily 501(c)(4) (social welfare) and 501(c)(6) (trade association) groups—that can receive unlimited donations from corporations, individuals, and unions, and spend funds to influence elections, but are ...

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