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Two “Dark Money” Groups Outspending All Super PACs Combined

August 18, 2012 / Catherine Crier / No comments

A recent ProPublica analysis of political spending shows the two largest non-profit super PACs, Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS and the Koch brothers’ Americans for Prosperity, have outspent all other super PACs combined. Our political process has been so corrupted by anonymous corporate money that public campaign funding must be implemented to save American democracy.

Our elected officials and judges know how corrosive big money is, yet they refuse to reform campaign finance laws for fear of losing political advantage. What are your thoughts on how super PAC money will affect the billion dollar 2012 presidential election?

"Two conservative nonprofits, Crossroads GPS and Americans for Prosperity, have poured almost $60 million into TV ads to influence the presidential race so far, outgunning all super PACs put together, new spending estimates show." Kim Barker, ProPublica

From Kim Barker, Propublica

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47 donors contribute more than half of the $230 million taken in by super-PACs this year.

August 6, 2012 / Catherine Crier / No comments

With enormous resources and an agenda driven by short-term profits, most plutocratic super-PAC donors are apathetic toward the American public interest. A recent analysis of FEC and Sunlight Foundation data reveals that a mere 47 donors contributed more than half of the $230 million taken in by super-PACs this year, with 1,082 individual donations making up 94% of that total amount.

With corporate takeover of our political campaigns well underway, the only power still capable of opposing ‘USA, Inc.’ is the people themselves — an informed, united citizenry willing to reclaim their country. Where do you stand?

From Mother Jones

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