So the regressive (un)rationale in McCutcheon is that it equalizes
the every day person with the rich, in that the former can now give as
much as they want too. Thing is, they don't have nearly the same
money.This is even accounting for the fact that we're comparing the 1%
to the 99%.
Let's look at some fact-based reality to frame the discussion.
Checking with this
accurate source on the last Presidential election, Obama received just
over twice as much from large individual donors compared to small
donors. For Romney it was over 4 times as much. Also consider that the
small individual contributions came from a lot of different people,
whereas large donations come from a much smaller pool of the same select
rich folks, thereby putting a name and face to that money, along with
specific agendas attached to said contributions.
So once again we see that the worldview behind such regressive
nonsense originates from a purely ideological realm divorced from grounded
fact in reality. Hence their incapacity to accept established science
like evolution and climate change. Their view is not an equal and
complementary view to be considered along with the progressive and fact-based view.
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