From Americans for Tax Fairness (https://americansfortaxfairness.org/): This past Saturday marked the 13th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s disastrous 5-4 Citizens United ruling, which opened the floodgates to unlimited amounts of campaign cash to be spent by special-interest groups. At a … Continued
PA’s Wealthiest Billionaire Jeffrey Yass and Other Ultra-Rich Individuals Pump Millions Into 2022 Campaigns, Mostly to Republicans Who Will Cut Their Taxes and Supported Trump’s January 6th Insurrection Harrisburg, PA: The 99% Pennsylvania campaign released a new report today in … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/01/21/time-citizens-united-go-us-oligarchs-poured-12-billion-2020-elections The figure represents a 39-fold increase compared to spending in 2010, the first election held after the widely decried ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court. JAKE JOHNSON January 21, 2022 Marking the 12th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s … Continued
661 Billionaires Pumped $1.2 Billion Into 2020 Elections—About 1 Out of Every 10 Dollars Contributed As American Tycoons Translate Riches Into Political Clout WASHINGTON, D.C. – Twelve years after the Supreme Court opened the floodgates to big money in politics … Continued