In the past decade, billionaires have been more empowered than ever before to spend money to influence American elections.
Here are the billionaires who make up the top 20 political spenders:
The group has spent nearly $5 billion on elections since 2015.
Is the billionaire in the board room with you now? Yes, he is.
The correct phrase is «oligarchy»
I'm sure their intentions are purely altruistic.
It is straight up suspicious that WaPo didn’t put Bezos on the list. He may not have the most campaign donations, but buying a major newspaper and rearranging the editorial board isn’t "influencing politics"?
#eattherich Overturn Citizens United!
Overturn Citizens United!
We need to collectively take all their fucking money, starting with your boss
I just read the perfect tax policy-
“If you have a billion dollars, you should be taxed until you don’t.”
This paper is constantly promoting right-wing propaganda and lies!
Note to WaPo:
Buying elections INCLUDES buying propaganda outlets
It's actually billionaires buying media outlets and social media platforms (and criminalizing/brutally policing protests) that completed America's collapse from capitalism into plutocracy and now, its final form before its collapse, fascism.
lol WaPo is such a fucking crooked joke of a shitrag that they come up with breaking news 20 years late
#EatTheRich (or tax them modestly, their choice)
Yall forgot your boss
Thanks to Jeff Bezos and the editors of @washingtonpost.com, billionaires are more empowered than ever before to shred fundamental democratic norms with impunity.
Do they actually also give to good causes, or is their tax-deductible giving co brined to politics?
