Congress took $101M in donations from the ISP industry

Re:Congress took $101M in donations from the ISP industry by Retric on Monday December 11, 2017 @01:37PM (#15899158)

Their are 435 positions open in the house. Picking one side and hand them each 10,000$ adds up to 4.3 million per election. If say 5 companies did this it's 21 million every 2 years and 100+ million over a decade. Though you can save money by skipping a few races.

If you want more focus per race you can also donate to PAC's who can then spend unlimited money.

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Re:Congress took $101M in donations from the ISP industry by logfromblammo on Monday December 11, 2017 @01:52PM (#15899287)

Who says you have to pick a side if your specific issue isn't a national wedge issue?

Give $10k to both major party candidates right after their primary, and you will have someone who will take your calls regardless of the outcome of the election. And the loser may still get hired into an appointed position somewhere.

Over a decade, you have 2.5 presidential races, 166.7 senate races, and 2175 house races, so one company could give almost $47M to candidates directly during that time.

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