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    Quote Originally Posted by tehdang View Post
    It always felt like the responses to this case were just a generic response to money in politics.

    I'm more worried about the up and comers. The ones that really need the loan as supplement to get their name out there as a serious contender, while their opponent(s) already have high name recognition and existing relationships. I understand people are blasé about the impact to them.

    I don't buy the "big and powerful need a better stream, and that is repaying personal loans with campaign cash!" It's a contradiction in terms. If they're already in possession of money and influence, then this doesn't matter. They already have the money and influence. Personal loans to campaigns isn't the big deal. And the government tried and failed to find examples of some strange personal-loan-corruption-practice, as opposed to the other hundred ways politicians curry favor and reward friends. Legally.
    ...so now you're operating under the assumption of "they're already rich and have money, why ever would they want more money?!"

    And if you're saying that you're being either dangerously naive or aggravatingly insincere.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaleredar View Post
    ...so now you're operating under the assumption of "they're already rich and have money, why ever would they want more money?!"

    And if you're saying that you're being either dangerously naive or aggravatingly insincere.
    Nah he is right rich people don't feel greed that's why everyone stops once they become a millionaire and give all their money away /s

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cthulhu 2020 View Post
    First off, think to yourself for a moment. Why do you think this is a good position?
    The heart of it is, "What does the law say?" and later "Is the burden on First Amendment rights absolutely critical to combating corruption?" That's the question to the case. I don't think this path is ripe for corruption, and the government got all of jack and shit to show that it's the case.

    Quote Originally Posted by Kaleredar View Post
    ...so now you're operating under the assumption of "they're already rich and have money, why ever would they want more money?!"

    And if you're saying that you're being either dangerously naive or aggravatingly insincere.
    I think the dangerous naivete exhibited here is supposing personal loans a candidate makes to his campaign is something billionaires just accidentally missed in existing law. Or maybe $2900 limit is way too high if the wrong person makes it? This could just be ignorance of existing FEC law.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tehdang View Post
    The paraphrase is my comment on the decision. You're quoting it, but really dismissing the post as some "block of text," shows you have no real value in the interaction. Like, you can get your jollies mocking and trolling about pro-corruption, but are you really needing a response like "Sounds like Kalredar loves incumbents perma winning, the way he digs handicapping opponent fundraising?"
    Let me know when the candidates are barred from charging interest on the loans, and I'll stop thinking this is one of the worst decisions since citizens united. The only things this does is allow rich people to dominate politics even more and allow bribery.

    Quote Originally Posted by Cthulhu 2020 View Post
    "The little guy" isn't going to get money from big corporations. This decision doesn't affect the donations the smaller candidates get from smaller sources.
    It's only going to affect candidates that win. Losing candidates generally don't keep getting donations. It's almost explicitly about legalizing bribery of sitting politicians.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tehdang View Post
    It always felt like the responses to this case were just a generic response to money in politics.

    I'm more worried about the up and comers. The ones that really need the loan as supplement to get their name out there as a serious contender, while their opponent(s) already have high name recognition and existing relationships. I understand people are blasé about the impact to them.

    I don't buy the "big and powerful need a better stream, and that is repaying personal loans with campaign cash!" It's a contradiction in terms. If they're already in possession of money and influence, then this doesn't matter. They already have the money and influence. Personal loans to campaigns isn't the big deal. And the government tried and failed to find examples of some strange personal-loan-corruption-practice, as opposed to the other hundred ways politicians curry favor and reward friends. Legally.
    You mean your worried some establishment cuck will lose his position to a populist.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Glorious Leader View Post
    You mean your worried some establishment cuck will lose his position to a populist.
    You really think "establishment cucks" (your words) fear losing the avenue of personal loans, an avenue no government lawyer or amici brief could find evidence of happening, versus a populist challenger? This is a very upside down world. Establishment figures are known for having large campaign war chests.

    Quote Originally Posted by Ripster42 View Post
    Let me know when the candidates are barred from charging interest on the loans, and I'll stop thinking this is one of the worst decisions since citizens united. The only things this does is allow rich people to dominate politics even more and allow bribery.
    Let me know when you have evidence that the loan amount or the interest charged is being used for corrupt quid pro quo. Loaning money to a campaign,

    You'll be surprised to learn one argument against repayment-of-loans-as-gifts-thus-bribery is the logic it entails. And it's explained in the decision! What's the difference between tolerating $2900 per individual contribution limit, and allowing 86 such gifts before the FEC's $250,000 limit, and the other laws restricting actual gifts to below $250. "Either the Government is openly tolerating a significant number of “gifts” far more generous than what it would normally think fit to allow, or post-election contributions that go toward retiring campaign debt are in no real sense “gifts” to a candidate."
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    Quote Originally Posted by tehdang View Post
    You'll be surprised to learn one argument against repayment-of-loans-as-gifts-thus-bribery is the logic it entails. And it's explained in the decision! What's the difference between tolerating $2900 per individual contribution limit, and allowing 86 such gifts before the FEC's $250,000 limit, and the other laws restricting actual gifts to below $250. "Either the Government is openly tolerating a significant number of “gifts” far more generous than what it would normally think fit to allow, or post-election contributions that go toward retiring campaign debt are in no real sense “gifts” to a candidate."
    The correct thing to do is stop allowing rich candidates to loan money to their campaign and force them to just donate the money. Not allowing bribery to be legal.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ripster42 View Post
    The correct thing to do is stop allowing rich candidates to loan money to their campaign and force them to just donate the money. Not allowing bribery to be legal.
    Nah. Use what resources you have to get your name out there and challenge incumbents with free media attention naturally ($$$ equivalent) free name recognition ($$$$$) and issue/policy association. You're constantly returning to requiring me to approve measures that hurt challengers to incumbency, in the name of "the rich are also harmed in this measure." Also, *No evidence of quid pro quo corruption required*
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    Quote Originally Posted by tehdang View Post
    Nah. Use what resources you have to get your name out there and challenge incumbents with free media attention naturally ($$$ equivalent) free name recognition ($$$$$) and issue/policy association. You're constantly returning to requiring me to approve measures that hurt challengers to incumbency, in the name of "the rich are also harmed in this measure." Also, *No evidence of quid pro quo corruption required*
    Wasn't Ted Cruz the incumbent?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edge- View Post
    Wasn't Ted Cruz the incumbent?
    Yes.

    This ruling also only benefits a union of rich people and incumbents. I really don't understand why he's admitting that no evidence of quid pro quo corruption is required to prevent people from loaning money to their campaign, seems like it really undercuts their point. But it's true, you don't need evidence of quid pro quo corruption to prevent everyone from loaning money to their own campaigns.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Edge- View Post
    Wasn't Ted Cruz the incumbent?
    He brought the suit with the decision, where his challenger raised $80 million dollars to Cruz's $40 million. The decision protects the political speech through campaign fundraising of more candidates than him, as I argued.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tehdang View Post
    He brought the suit with the decision, where his challenger raised $80 million dollars to Cruz's $40 million. The decision protects the political speech through campaign fundraising of more candidates than him, as I argued.
    That's a really weird argument, but ok I guess. I'd imagine there would be general support to eliminate the corrupting influence of money in politics, but I guess not.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edge- View Post
    That's a really weird argument, but ok I guess. I'd imagine there would be general support to eliminate the corrupting influence of money in politics, but I guess not.
    If it didn't come at the costs I detailed. But good discussion.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tehdang View Post
    Nah. Use what resources you have to get your name out there
    Because what we need in Congress is MORE rich people...

    The average Joe or Jane deciding they want to run for Congress isn't going to be able to make massive personal loans to their campaign and they will also have little idea whether or not they will be able to recoup through donations. This ruling helps incumbents with existing donor networks FAR more than "the up and comers..." unless the up and comers are already very rich.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tehdang View Post
    Let me know when you have evidence that the loan amount or the interest charged is being used for corrupt quid pro quo. Loaning money to a campaign,

    You'll be surprised to learn one argument against repayment-of-loans-as-gifts-thus-bribery is the logic it entails. And it's explained in the decision! What's the difference between tolerating $2900 per individual contribution limit, and allowing 86 such gifts before the FEC's $250,000 limit, and the other laws restricting actual gifts to below $250. "Either the Government is openly tolerating a significant number of “gifts” far more generous than what it would normally think fit to allow, or post-election contributions that go toward retiring campaign debt are in no real sense “gifts” to a candidate."
    Yeah...or maybe our system simply has an utter inability to define 'corruption' aside from what is cartoonishly obvious and easily avoidable.
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