S1 E4: The Secret Task Force | Legalizing Corruption
Master Plan
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Corruption Loophole
- At Disney World's Polynesian Hotel, master planners schemed to eliminate restrictions on corporate PACs while engaging with Gerald Ford, then House minority leader.
- A provision removing these restrictions was included in the FICA reform bill that Gerald Ford dealt with and later signed into law as president.
- Under the guise of post-Watergate campaign finance reform, they created their first corruption loophole.
- The law led to an immediate surge in campaign spending by corporate America.
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