Re: US Presidential Election 2016
Reply #28 –
Now, billionaires are free to form PACs and Super-PACS (political action committees) and raise big money anonymously to support candidates of their choice. The Koch Brothers have been doing that on the Republican side now for a while. They have been thwarted by Trump who refuses to play by their tune but then again he's a billionaire too and he hasn't needed even his own money as the media gives him so much coverage he doesn't have to buy advertising time.
The US situation is made worse by the fact that voting is not compulsory, the wealthy vote is worth far more than it should be.
Do you think Trump will pull the pin once the "offer" to do so is valuable enough, or does he see himself as the next Putin? The USAs first ever Oligarch!