American billionaires have long placed their thumbs on the scale of democracy—but never like this.
American billionaires have long placed their thumbs on the scale of democracy—but never like this.
Welcome to the oligarch election.
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But, and hang with me here, Presidential Elections have a really low R.O.I. Any sensible billionaire knows that the quality investments are in Senators. Once you get one of them elected the chance of them loosing reelection is very low and yet any one of them can put an indefinite hold on any piece legislation and they really have a hold on getting the right kind of people on the courts. Really they should be spending their money more wisely.
/sYou're not wrong, no /s needed. You can look up "campaign donations" and cross reference their undying support. Most politicians are bought for around $10k/election.