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On Background: The Political Spender America Deserves
Against the Rules with Michael Lewis
Dark Money and PACs
Normally when you're giving two campaigns, there's a limit that the FEC sets. Right now that's $3,300 per election if you're giving to a candidate more towards other organizations and where does that amount come from? It's kind of arbitrary. So they set a fairly low limit and then it's indexed to inflation. But then we get these decisions starting with Citizens United and Speech Nowverse the FEC which essentially say, look, freedom of speech prohibits the government from limiting how money can be spent to influence elections.
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