Why Do We Even Pretend?

Now, thanks to a lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission, you can have the best of both worlds with what the campaign finance world has already dubbed a "hybrid PAC." If you're stuck with a regular old PAC, it's super easy to upgrade. All you have to do is open a separate bank account.

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Most organizations had two components: their traditional PAC and their "super PAC." Now they wouldn't have to set up two separate structures.

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"You can't keep these burdensome regulations in place that really serve no purpose here," [Brad] Smith said. "As long as the money is not mixed between the two, that is okay. We see it as a way to knock down some of the bureaucratic rigmarole."

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Now when a wealthy individual cuts a check, the first $5,000 can go into the "hard" money account [regular PAC] and the rest can go into the "soft" account [SuperPAC]. Donations from corporations and labor donations would go entirely to the "soft" money account which wouldn't go directly to federal candidates.

  TPM

Just to advertisements for them.

I am reading the book “Incognito” written by a neuroscientist in which he cites studies that show people tend to associate something with being good if they see it repeatedly.