Individuals rarely are the ones donating it is almost exclusively corporations and foreign states

@Fitzydog because its a charity which is given a high degree of privacy, making it easier to funnel money into re-election campaigns.

@radeon I know how, I'm just asking why was she allowed to still be on their board/payroll. Trump can't do HIS business while in office, why was she?

Because it's "non profit"?

If you check the Wikipedia page on Wages in Europe Turkey has almost reached Moldovan wages...

I would understand that reference if I could point out Moldova on a map...

Lol this was decided by the supream court a long time ago

Donations are free speech

Even by corperations

Which is bullshit

How

Ahh, but what wasn't decided was whether politicians can be limited in what they can *accept*

Capital doesn't have voting rights, people do.

What do you think is worth more?

The time spent of the media talking about you?

Or hard cash?

Time spent

Should we restrict the Young Turks for supporting bernie

Because that is worth more to him than cold hard cash

Should we put a restriction on how much the media talks about politicians?

Just because it can't be dealt with perfectly doesn't mean it should be left alone.

Where does it end?

You can't limit people's speech. But you can limit what federal employees do

It ends with politicians.

Once you start restricting what people can donate too

Can i not give money to the NRA?

Is the NRA a politician?

Corporations aren't people

They support politicians

this wouldn't restrict people giving donations, it would restrict corps.

We're talking about the finances of federal employees

Well according to the supream court of the US

Corperations are protected by 1st admentment

And the hatch act is different

The supreme court is full of shit.

???

Y'all are coming at this from the wrong angle

That is litterally not an argument

@Deleted User Neither is the appeal to authority with SCOTUS

It is what determines what is lawful