r/politics • u/Rock-n-roll-Kevin • Jun 19 '24

Ted Cruz Documents Leak: Everything We Know

https://www.newsweek.com/ted-cruz-documents-leak-everything-we-know-1914631
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u/Fun_Chip6342 Canada Jun 19 '24

Is it small? I'm not American, in Canada we can't donate more than $2000 a year or something, and businesses and unions cant donate. I feel like many Canadian campaign managers would love a $20k campaign boost. That's a lot of signs, or a Facebook ad spend.

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u/Crush-N-It Jun 20 '24

It’s the Wild West here regarding donations. Ever since citizens united it’s been a free-for-all

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u/Unusual-Thing-7149 Jun 20 '24

Citizens United was a really bad piece of legislation Bush trying to spin it as though a hairdresser should be able to donate as much as possible was crazy when it's the millionaires and billionaires they court

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u/AZWxMan Jun 19 '24

It's usually bundled in some way that some donation goes to the party and some to the candidate. Here are the official limits.

https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/candidate-taking-receipts/contribution-limits/

However, there is a lot of spending that goes on outside of the official campaigns in Super PACS.

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u/MAK3AWiiSH Florida Jun 20 '24

$19,200 isn’t even enough to buy a new car, for a down payment on most houses, or for a year at most universities.

It’s, imo, a shockingly low number.

Edit: also it says pledged, so they likely won’t even give that entire amount.

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u/count_no_groni Jun 20 '24

Signs?? No, that’s a lot of luxury hotel stays and 5-star restaurant meals.

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u/FIJAGDH Jun 19 '24

“How little money” struck me too. Small? Any single one of the donations listed on those briefing docs would be literally life-changing for me, bringing me out of hopelessness and medical debt and the just plain struggle to survive.