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Re:Uber Hit with Cap as New York City Takes Lead in Crackdown by davidgay on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @10:00PM (#17721194)
What's the moral difference between political ads and donations to a political campaign which will presumably spend that money on ads (or other campaign related expenses)?
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Re:Uber Hit with Cap as New York City Takes Lead in Crackdown by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @11:17PM (#17721434)
> What's the moral difference between political ads and donations to a political campaign which will presumably spend that money on ads (or other campaign related expenses)?

Public versus private view, public versus private benefit. Ads put me--the voter--in the equation. A campaign donation removes me from it.

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Re:Uber Hit with Cap as New York City Takes Lead in Crackdown by dyarosla on Thursday August 09, 2018 @04:37PM (#17728248)
What world do you live in that presumably most donations to a political campaign are spent on ads?
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