• reddig33@lemmy.worldEnglish
    501·
    4 个月前

    Corporations and businesses can’t vote, so they shouldn’t be able to donate or lobby. Let the employees, owners, and shareholders donate out of their own pockets instead.

      • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        4 个月前

        The fix to God King presidents is also the fix to Citizens United.

        I imagine they either both get fixed due to the same action, or they both never get fixed.

        I don’t think it’s a one or the other situation.

        • lolrightythen@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          4 个月前

          I’m sad I didn’t notice. I guess I’m post-racial?? Right???

          I know Costco is a big corp and I usually get close to a panic attack when I’m there, but I still like it. The great equalizer. I’ll hip check anyone - regardless of age or race - to get at a 1 cm x 1 cm piece of pizza. I rarely win the face off.

          A truly American experience to be celebrated on the birthday of this land.

      • Sanguine@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        4 个月前

        Idk who some of those people are but the one pointing to Costco isn’t the CEO of Costco…neither is the one pointing to Koch. Zoom in.

        • Pringles@lemm.eeEnglish
          101·
          4 个月前

          Koch is pointing to Mike Pence, the vice president. I would readily believe him being in Kochs pockets, but this pic is simply inaccurate at best.

    • frickineh@lemmy.worldEnglish
      141·
      4 个月前

      Good Unite Us says those numbers are based on donations of the organization or senior employees. I don’t know what they consider senior employees, but OpenSecrets has a full breakdown of what individuals affiliated with Costco donated and to whom. Democrats get way higher average contributions, so I’m assuming a lot of that is coming from people higher on the org chart who can afford to donate that much to a campaign. A lot of people donated smaller amounts to Trump, though.