Re:Too Much Dark Money in Almonds
by smnrchrds on Friday September 20, 2019 @09:29PM
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It may be a chicken and egg problem but I think in this case the low donations came before the hounding. Political entities hound donors because people do not donate enough, so they have to try too hard to get the funds they need. If they stopped doing that tomorrow and announcing it so everyone knows and acts upon this new information, I expect total donations to go down significantly, not up. Perhaps I am wrong, but I think no entity puts more effort into a goal than necessary. If it were possible to get more donations by doing less, it would have been done already.
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How much is 'enough'?
Literally as much as the Koch family and other, competing interests for political donations. “Enough“ is going to vary by charity or company though. I fear animal shelters literally never have enough as there are just so many homeless domesticated animals.
> I fear animal shelters literally never have enough as there are just so many homeless domesticated animals.
That problem could be solved far more easily if all Americans were more responsible with researching what it takes to safely raise a pet and what responsibilities you have if you think you can't.
Similarly, if American voters were far more responsible with how often they voted, researching their {candidates/parties/platforms/issues}, and what they let their representatives do in their name, lots of these political issues would cease to exist (without a giant increase in spending or refactor in how campaigns can spend).