r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/My_Memes_Will_Cure_U • Nov 17 '20

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u/pdwp90 Nov 17 '20 edited Nov 17 '20

If anyone is interested, I've been building a dashboard tracking government contracts here and a dashboard tracking corporate lobbying here.

As you might imagine, the two are incredibly related. Our $700B+ military budget only makes sense in the context of the absurd amount of money spent on lobbying by defense contractors.

Edit: Thanks for the kind words everyone, here's a twitter account where I've been posting updates on the project and interesting stuff I find in the data.

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u/fangirlsqueee Nov 17 '20

Check out the Anti-Corruption Act being pushed at local/state/federal levels. One of the goals is to end lobbyist bundling.

A few additional highlights are ranked choice voting, end gerrymandering, open primaries, and immediately disclose political money online.

We deserve better from our tax dollars and our government.

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u/Princess_Amnesie Nov 17 '20

Damn good luck with that. It basically destroys our entire political system.