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[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 59 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Isn't he busy enough buying the United States right now?

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 44 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I thought that was bought and paid for already.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's more of an ongoing project.

[–] john89@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yep. Citizens' United guaranteed that by allowing corporations to funnel an unlimited amount of money into campaigns.

Just a heads up, if ~~spending~~ wasting egregious amounts of money didn't influence the outcome of elections, why would people do it?