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What Do UFO Sightings and Super PACs Have in Common?

14 percent of Americans

Just as many Americans who have personally witnessed a UFO think super PACs don’t corrupt democracy. I know, I know…it’s hard to believe anyone believes super PACs aren’t hurting our democracy, as they enable the mega-rich, corporations, and unions to pour unlimited amounts of money anonymously into our elections. And the vast majority of Americans do agree that Super PACs corrupt democracy.  But hey, America is a big place with a tremendous diversity of thought: five percent of us think the moon landing was faked, after all (I wonder where the Supreme Court stands on that one).

Money in Politics and the deterioration of democracy


Suzanne Merkelson is the Associate Web Editor for United Republic, where she curates and comments on the day’s top money-in-politics news. She previously produced web content for Foreign Policy magazine and has written for the Chicago Tribune, Foreign Policy, and The Atlantic, among others.

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