Superpac Pros And Cons

Now that we have discussed what Super PAC and the disproportionate Nature of their financial contribution we must say cui bono “for what profit?” why do these people donate millions of dollars to a presidential campaign and logic dictates that they must be benefiting somehow. Otherwise why would they spend so much. The obvious answer is increased political influence why else would they spend so much money they’re rich they have pretty much anything else they could want. A notable example that comes to mind would be New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Sheldon Adelson a casino magnate that has made significant contributions to the Governor’s campaigns. When once during a speech when talking about his trip to Israel Christie passingly called the territories of Palestine occupied by the Israeli military occupied territories to put it in context of his quote “I took a helicopter ride from the occupied territories across and just felt personally how extraordinary that was to understand, the military risk that Israel faces every day.”(Vogel) He later flew to …show more content…
This idea of equating money with speech is threatening concept that threatens to turn us into some kind of perverted quasi corporate democracy. The destruction of Super PACs is necessary in order for a just and fair democracy to be sustained in this country. The examples previously given of the unfair amount of influence that large campaign donors have on American politician should make that clear. In order to save the basic principles of our democratic society we must reinforce campaign finance reform even if it is through something as unlikely as a constitutional amendment. The fight to prevent this is the fight preserve our political system as we now as flawed as it maybe it is better than being condemned to live under the Oligarchy that Super PACs threaten to