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Researchers: Hidden election funding a threat to Finnish democracy.

Regulations on how elections and political parties are financed in Finland are flawed, experts point out, arguing that hidden funding is a threat to democracy.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250227-researchers-hidden-election-funding-a-threat-to-finnish-democracy?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Finland #Politics #ElectionFunding #CampaignFunding #CampaignFinancing #Democracy

"Those of us privileged to hold a public office have ourselves to blame for the sickness in American public life today. And we are the defenders of a campaign finance system that is nothing less, than an elaborate influence peddling scheme, in which both parties conspire to stay in office by selling the country to the highest bidder."

Senator #JohnMcCain

https://www.levernews.com/master-plan-ep-5-how-corporations-became-people/

#podcasts #TheLever #TheMasterPlan #PowellMemo #ElectionFunding #USPolitics

"One of the things they need to do the implement Powell's memo, is destroy the laws that prevent them and their financial backers, from spending unlimited amounts of money to buy elections, politicians, and political power."

#DavidSirota, 2024

https://www.levernews.com/master-plan-ep-5-how-corporations-became-people/

#podcasts #TheLever #TheMasterPlan #PowellMemo #ElectionFunding #USPolitics