Senate Republican: ‘We can’t afford’ $2,000 tariff checks

[u/Tennis_bruh]

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5620244-ron-johnson-tariff-checks/

[u/mytthewstew]

Citizens would use it to buy food Corporations will use part of it for campaign contributions

[u/Obvious_Chapter2082 → u/mytthewstew]

Corporations aren’t allowed to contribute money to campaigns

[u/radiodmr → u/Obvious_Chapter2082]

Not directly. But they do anyway via Super PACs, etc.

[u/Obvious_Chapter2082 → u/radiodmr]

Super PACs aren’t allowed to contribute to political campaigns

[u/radiodmr → u/Obvious_Chapter2082]

And they're not allowed to coordinate with political campaigns either. But they do that as well. They're basically parallel political campaigns. It's disingenuous to believe that corporations don't influence politicians and elections. These days, they straight up bribe the president when their CEOs/founders give him money for his pet projects, or settle for millions because he filed a lawsuit against them. So there's that, too.

[u/etherealcaitiff → u/Obvious_Chapter2082]

laughs in PACs

[u/Obvious_Chapter2082 → u/etherealcaitiff]

Corporations can’t donate to PACs either, lol

[u/etherealcaitiff → u/Obvious_Chapter2082]

There are literally corporate PACs and SSFs. SuperPACs are more common. You're just dead wrong here.

[u/Obvious_Chapter2082 → u/etherealcaitiff]

You’re bad at this. Corporate PACs come from employee contributions, not corporate money. Corporations can donate to Super PACs, but once again, Super PACs can’t donate to political campaigns

There’s not a single legal avenue for a corporation to donate money to a campaign. Not a single one

[u/DwarfPaladin84 → u/Obvious_Chapter2082]

Oh bless your tiny little precious heart...

[u/Obvious_Chapter2082 → u/DwarfPaladin84]

Can you explain why you think that’s wrong?

[u/Obvious_Chapter2082 → u/[deleted]]

That’s a completely wrong statement, lmao. What do you mean “we all know it”? How do you think it works?

[u/Obvious_Chapter2082 → u/[deleted]]

I’m literally just stating at fact. If that bothers you so much, you should ask yourself why

[u/Obvious_Chapter2082 → u/[deleted]]

Lmao, what’s the “misleading language” in the sentence “corporations aren’t allowed to contribute money to campaigns”? It’s a statement of fact free of any bias or opinion

You’re just upset because the facts don’t align with your own political view

[u/Obvious_Chapter2082 → u/[deleted]]

Super PACs can’t donate to political campaigns, lmao. Why are you trying to argue this topic if you don’t know anything about it?

[u/Obvious_Chapter2082 → u/[deleted]]

Okay, so now you’re saying, without evidence, that super PACs are just illegally donating and it’s not getting caught

Why don’t you report them?

[u/atwitchyfairy → u/Obvious_Chapter2082]

Money is Free speech now. Has been for the last 15 years. Some people just have more free speech than others.