Interest Groups: Crash Course Government and Politics #42

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Today, Craig is going to talk about something you fans out there have been demanding for months – money in politics. Specifically, we’re going to talk about special interest groups and their role in the U.S. political system. Special interest groups are groups of individuals that make policy-related appeals to government – like the NRA, AARP, or the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. It’s all pretty controversial, as money plays an important role in the policies and people these groups influence, so we’ll bring in the clones to argue for and against them.

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  1. What exactly happens to all those lobbying dollars? Is it just spent on campaign advertising which seems rather harmless, or are politicians actually pocketing it somehow

  2. Senators need term limits, they need to remove the ability to investment with inside information, and they need better super pac disclosures so dark money doesn't influence elections. Very common sense but they don't approve it even though it has been put on floor because most of them are corrupt and happy with status quo.

  3. USA is a corporate runned country where personnal interests of a few lobbies trumps the interests of the population. And the American population is too dumb to do something about that (for exemple in France, the law forbid lobbies to finance presidential campaigns).

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