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Originally Posted by chachacha
for the first time in history i agree with coralway on something...i think we should be allowed to donate as much as we want to any candidate...i was just watching a lady on C-Span on this issue and she said that all donations, even to a pac, are a matter of public record.
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From what I can tell the money donated to SuperPacs goes to advertising.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_action_committee
"In 2010, a few weeks after the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled in SpeechNow.org v. Federal Election Commission that PACs that did not make contributions to candidates, parties, or other PACs could accept unlimited contributions from individuals, unions, and corporations (both for profit and not-for-profit) for the purpose of making independent expenditures." from above Wikipedia article.
Donations also do not look as transparent as you would like. If there is a loophole in the law, a lawyer will find it.
http://www.opensecrets.org/