From: The Wire
by Philip Bump
With the Supreme Court's decision to lift the overall cap
on campaign spending on Wednesday, Americans are now free to contribute
to as many candidates as they wish. We decided to figure out the most
they — you! — could spend.
Maybe you aren't worried about this, but big donors are. It used to
be that the millionaires who get calls from candidates could, at some
point, defer by saying they'd reached the annual limit. And with the new
ruling, Politico reports,
millionaire donors aren't happy to have lost that excuse. "I’m
horrified, planning to de-list my phone number and destroy my email
address," lobbyist Ken Kies told the site. "What I was really hoping for
is a ban on lobbyists making contributions entirely." Sorry, Ken! And sorry Bernie Madoff, who complained to Politico last month about the "never ending" solicitations from politicians.
As Bernie noted, "politicians take money from anybody — Democrats, Republicans." Because they aren't dumb. Let's
say there's a prominent business owner named Charles K. And let's say
Charles K. gave to the Republican running for the House in Missouri.
Well, if the Democrat in that race 1) has any shot of winning and 2) has
been in politics for more than five minutes, he'll call Charles K.,
too, suggesting that since the race could go either way, maybe Charles
wants to hedge his bets. MORE
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