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by now you ask your chart for you they love the story first why I have to
explain to you it's coming from
arm it turns out that though a lot of people are spending money now
in ways that can be traced in politics no
well the latest things they're putting their money into because I've citizens
united in some other ruling to the Supreme Court
it so the coho and I love this social welfare groups
I and other actually a
work on your welfare no are the social no they actually run
a mainly by a couple billionaires who put money into their
for tax reasons and for they believe you're behind that money
so they can spend on politics but %uh snowing who spent
so for example consumer groups spent at least 15 point eight million dollars an
issue it's
to promote Republican candidates through these social welfare groups
so by the way the
2014 election is in November what I've never seen this kind of spending
this far out from an election never
I mean this is unbelievable amount of spending for March
up an election year and it's not even a presidential election
this penny in a Senate and congressional races and democrats are spending money
to
but it's a pittance is like the democratic-leaning groups are spending
about three million dollars they're getting washed out in this particular
case
by the Republican conservative groups now mind you course
Democratic President Obama were raise that Tara money in 2008 and 2012
and by the way yes in 2012 also encouraged
these social welfare groups working on his behalf in this case a concern groups
are spending more money
and where they coming from and for what purpose who knows we can tell
cuz over these loopholes a Citizens United has created
that allows them to not disclose where the money is but you are sixty million
this early in the election is something quite
Gill love what these dark many groups who spent recently
so back in 2000 they'd spend $25 million dollars
now is already terrible at that point but I was pre citizen you United
after Citizens United in 2012 336
million dollars now absolutely awful lot of money
from just dark money group that doesn't count candidates that doesn't count
well the group then spend a ton of money and we can see where it's coming from
and they don't give a damn they spend it anyway
now summer the Koch brothers money gets spent that way so call robes
group spend money that way this is just the dark money
that's 336 million dollars so who bought our politicians to the tune of over
three hundred million dollars
I know I start money can trace it
cuz is technically a social welfare group now here's a scary chart take a
look
and at how that has taken off
so trade associations and unions are the bottom two lines they're still spending
money in politics
I would stop that as well I want anybody buying our politicians
but look at the so-called social welfare 501 c4 group
taking off like our rocket that's your dark money chart right there
buying politicians at record-breaking pace
is a chart looks like we got a democracy to you no
open auction wall
dash back dot com you don't fix this
there's no point in arguing any other issue
because the arguments in the debates in the policy points
don't matter at all the only be that matters is who's got more dark money
behind