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Is it given to the senators campaign funds, so that they benefit from not having to pay for anything themselves?
Politicians don’t tend to self-fund. Reform would involve the funding being a flat sum administered by the central government
Obliging politicians to fund themselves out of their own pockets would exclude all but the richest from running for office.
h2o
How blatant is lobbying spend? Where do those millions go? I assume it's not a direct debit into politicians bank accounts. At what point do the politicians personally enrich themselves from it. Is it given to the senators campaign funds, so that they benefit from not having to pay for anything themselves?