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The leader of the US Federal Election Commission, the agency charged with regulating the way political money is raised and spent, says she has largely given up hope of reining in abuses in the 2016 US presidential campaign, which could generate a record $10 billion in spending.
“The likelihood of the laws being enforced is slim,” Ann M. Ravel, the chairwoman, said in an interview. “I never want to give up, but I’m not under any illusions. People think the F.E.C. is dysfunctional. It’s worse than dysfunctional.”
Her unusually frank assessment reflects a worsening stalemate among the agency’s six commissioners. They are perpetually locked in 3-to-3 ties along party lines on key votes because of a fundamental disagreement over the mandate of the commission, which was created 40 years ago in response to the political corruption of Watergate.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 05 2015, @08:43PM
What many people do not realize politics *IS* money.
It is the lifeblood of politics. Every action in the gov can be traced back to taking money from someone and giving it to someone else because they convinced someone to do it.
This is from the simple 'I need a pencil' 'here is a box we bought at staples that should last you awhile' 'thank you'
to 'you must buy insurance' 'but I do not really need it' 'well you have to pay for someone else in the pool' 'oh ok if you say so'
to 'we need another 300 million dollar jet' 'why what is wrong with what we have' 'its not making enough jobs' 'oh ok if you say so'
Politics IS money. It is people arguing over how to spend other peoples money. That the corruption of money permeates even something as simple as voting is no shock. Some people even try to spin it as 'good and bad'. When it is always about spending other peoples money. *always*