What is ‘dark money’ and how is it affecting our policies?
via Penn Live
“So if you’ve been paying attention to politics for the last couple of years, you’ve probably seen television commercials or online advertisements, sponsored by seemingly innocuously named groups, advocating on behalf of this or that issue.
For instance, in Wisconsin, Democratic U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin was the subject of an online advertising campaign by a group called Americans for Prosperity, which exhorted voters to tell Baldwin that “Wisconsin can’t afford Washington’s wasteful spending.”
That’s ‘dark money’ in action, which critics say is eroding our politics and giving monied interests a voice louder than that of the average voter.”
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