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Re:Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin by arcticbull on Monday June 28, 2021 @02:40PM (#27665864)
Luckily people can, and corporations are people. That is to say, corporations can donate to PACs and PACs can donate to candidates.
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Re:Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin by nceqs3 on Monday June 28, 2021 @03:30PM (#27666670)
not true. PACs cannot donate more than a pretty low limit to candidates.
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Re:Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin by mikepurvis on Monday June 28, 2021 @03:36PM (#27666752)
The whole point of a PAC is that they don't donate to the campaigns directly, but rather exercise their free speech to supply the public with "information" about the candidates.
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Re:Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin by a3n on Monday June 28, 2021 @06:06PM (#27668848)
Money is, after all, "speech."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC

Walk softly and carry a big purse.

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