April 12, 2012

More money can cause more problems for political donors

Originally published in the April 2012 issue of PRWeek.

We heard a lot about the historical significance of the 2008 presidential election, but this year’s campaign is equally so.

For the first time in more than a century, corporations and unions are able to donate as much money as they like to help a candidate win the nation’s highest elected office. Not everyone is pleased by this, particularly the growing ranks of citizens who hold a skeptical view of corporate influence in the public arena.

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