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Elon’s Obscene Spending Shows Campaign Finance Reform is Critical (www.commondreams.org)
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Federal records have revealed that billionaire Elon Musk spent a quarter of a billion dollars to help win Trump the presidency, with most of this money coming into play in the final weeks of the campaign.

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[–] Sundial@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

It's two separate issues. A single person shouldn't be able to pour that much money to influence an election. At the same time the justice system should have more teeth against the rich who openly break laws.