Cenk Uygur
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Marco Rubio Prefers To Keep His Campaign Donors Secret
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November 28, 2015
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Marco Rubio claims he’s all for transparency and wants you to know who his donors are. It turns out that is not the case. Cenk Uygur, hosts of the The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"By claiming “social welfare” status (which it clearly does not deserve), the group can keep the identity of its donors secret from voters. The Rubio people are not alone in adopting this strategy: Vital election and tax laws are being increasingly circumvented, as campaign strategists in both parties game the system with a message of catch-me-when-you-can. The Democrats worked from the social welfare shadows last year in campaigning for the Senate, collecting half of the $30 million in “dark money” raised by the group Patriot Majority USA from just five anonymous donors, according to the Center for Public Integrity watchdog group.
Meanwhile, regulators at the Internal Revenue Service and the notoriously toothless Federal Election Commission are looking the other way.”*
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