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Re:Bloomberg bankrolls a social-media army by paulgb on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @02:14PM (#22368939)
Part of the problem is that it's a self-funded campaign. It's one thing when a campaign raises a bunch of money from donors and does an ad blitz, because at least it in theory represents real people (with contribution caps) who donated. When it's a billionaire self-funding, that's not the case. (PACs are also problematic, because they side-step the contribution caps)
Re:Bloomberg bankrolls a social-media army by Aunche on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @03:34PM (#22369764)
What's the alternative though? Even assuming it would be constitutional to cap Bloomberg's political spending, I don't see why Bloomberg's supporters should have to donate money to the campaign of the 9th richest person in the world.