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13312589, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Exposes The Dark Side Of Politics (swipe)
Posted by walihorse, Fri Feb-08-19 11:18 AM
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-campaign-finance_us_5c5d246be4b03afe8d6637ff

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Exposes The Dark Side Of Politics In 5 Incredible Minutes
The freshman lawmaker reveals how easy it is for pols to get rich at your expense.
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By Ed Mazza
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) exposed some of the biggest flaws and loopholes in campaign finance laws this week ― and she did it in just five minutes.

During a hearing, the freshman lawmaker created a game in which she pretended to be “a really, really bad guy” who wants to abuse the system as much as possible. Then, in a series of questions, she exposed the world of payoffs, dark money, PACs and more. She even revealed how it was perfectly legal for a lawmaker to invest in an industry, then write laws to benefit that industry and increase the value of the investment.

And as lax as the laws are for members of Congress, there are even fewer restrictions for a president.
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Say what you will about her, I fully support what she is doing. She may fizzle out in the future, hell she may even turn out to be terrible, but for the now, right now, I support her trying to get things out in the open. I really hope this gets more exposure and citizens united gets done away with.

Honestly, I can't say I wouldn't do the same if I was an elected official. Nothing other than ones own moral code prevents could someone from taking advantage IMO.