{"id":13772,"date":"2013-12-05T04:14:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T04:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/grassroots-activism-needed-to-shine-light-on-dark-money-in-political-fundraising\/"},"modified":"2013-12-05T04:14:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-05T04:14:00","slug":"basisaktivismus-ist-notig-um-licht-auf-das-dunkle-geld-bei-der-mittelbeschaffung-fur-politische-zwecke-zu-werfen","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/de\/articles\/grassroots-activism-needed-to-shine-light-on-dark-money-in-political-fundraising\/","title":{"rendered":"Basisaktivismus muss Licht ins Dunkel des politischen Fundraisings bringen"},"template":"","class_list":["post-13772","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-blog-post"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Grassroots activism needed to shine light on \"dark money' in political fundraising","featured_image":null,"article_type":1103,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":13692}"],"related_issues":[137,2082],"related_work":false,"location":null},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"

(Dieser Beitrag wurde als Gastkolumne im Cambridge Chronicle ver\u00f6ffentlicht, klicken Sie hier<\/a>.)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>

Vier Jahre nach der Mehrheit des Obersten Gerichtshofs in Citizens United gegen FEC<\/a><\/em> promised unlimited political fundraising posed no risks of corruption as long as the donors are disclosed, the 2014 election is shaping up to have the most undisclosed money ever. And with Congress tied in knots on nearly every policy issue, we shouldn't hold our breath for a legislative fix to shine a light on this \"dark money.\"<\/p>

It wasn't too long ago that \"transparency\" and \"disclosure\" in political fundraising were rallying cries from Republicans. In 1987, Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell supported disclosure.<\/p>

Er setzte diesen Kurs fort, wie auch die anderen Mitglieder der Republikanischen Partei bis 2010. \u00c4hnliche Themen wurden in der ber\u00fcchtigten B\u00fcrger vereint<\/em> Entscheidung von Richter Kennedy, die zu einer neuen Welle nicht offengelegter politischer Spendensammlungen gef\u00fchrt hat:<\/p>

\"With the advent of the Internet, prompt disclosure of expenditures can provide shareholders and citizens with the information needed to hold corporations and elected officials accountable for their positions and supporters.\"<\/p>

Man war der Meinung, dass Geld in der Politik kein Problem sei, solange die Menschen w\u00fcssten, woher das Geld k\u00e4me. Wie wichtig dieses Wissen ist, zeigte sich im Aufruhr, als 2010 herauskam, dass die Target Corporation einen Gouverneurskandidaten finanziell unterst\u00fctzte, der sich gegen die B\u00fcrgerrechte von LGBT-Personen aussprach.<\/p>

In den Jahren seit dem B\u00fcrger vereint<\/em> decision, the Republicans have changed their tune \"sound familiar, the individual mandate in Obamacare was originally a Republican idea. They have successfully opposed the DISCLOSE-Gesetz<\/a> auf Bundesebene und sind wenig begeistert von \u00e4hnlichen Gesetzen auf Landesebene.<\/p>

Doch selbst wenn der Weg \u00fcber die Gesetzgebung versperrt ist, gibt es f\u00fcr diejenigen von uns, denen Transparenz bei der Finanzierung unserer politischen Kampagnen wichtig ist, immer noch Optionen. Die erste umfasst alle Spender, die zweite nur Unternehmen.<\/p>

According to the Common Cause campaign \"Anspruch auf Wissen<\/a>\":<\/p>

Section 317 of the Communications Act requires on-air identification of the sponsors of all advertisements, political as well as commercial. Explaining the rules it wrote to implement the statute, the FCC stipulated years ago that political ads must \"fully and fairly disclose the true identity of the person or persons, or corporation, committee, association or other unincorporated group, or other entity\" paying for them. \"Listeners are entitled to know by whom they are being persuaded,\" the commission said.<\/p>

Unfortunately, this rule is not properly enforced as the commission allows the publisher of the advertisement to be the advertiser of record and allows the donors to hide behind this faade. It is important that the FCC remove this loophole and provide true transparency for political advertisements so that, in the words of the legislation we \"know by whom we are being persuaded.\"<\/p>

Der Der zweite Weg besteht darin, die Behandlung von Unternehmen<\/a> and unions into alignment. Since the Supreme Court's decision in Beck v. Communication Workers of America (1988), unions have had to rely on \"voluntary\" contributions from members to fund their political activities. In that case, the Supreme Court ruled that unions could only legally collect fees to cover their administrative and collective bargaining expenses; thus, members could opt out of paying any additional dues that were used for political activities.<\/p>

The equivalent constraint for a corporation would be for shareholders to have the right to control corporate political activity. Such constraints might be imposed in two ways. First, the shareholders as a body might be required by the Securities and Exchange Commission to vote on the next year's political activity budget and on broad lines on the issues on which it is to be expended. Given the lethargic shareholder governance that currently exists, this would leave the decisions on political expenditure where it is today: in the hands of top management.<\/p>

The second approach would be to give each shareholder the right to \"opt out\" of making a contribution to political activity. He or she could request that her\/his proportion of the political budget be redirected to charity instead of being used for political activity. Alternatively, the individual shareholder could direct to which politician(s) his or her share of the political budget was to be directed. Equitable treatment of unions and corporations requires that one or other of these systems to constrain corporate spending be incorporated as quickly as possible. If the SEC cannot be persuaded to constrain corporate political speech, it should at the very least require firms to disclose what they have spent and said.<\/p>

Nat\u00fcrlich wird es nicht einfach sein, \u00c4nderungen an den FCC- oder SEC-Regeln durchzusetzen. Es gibt m\u00e4chtige und finanzkr\u00e4ftige Interessengruppen, die sich solchen Pl\u00e4nen widersetzen werden. Nur weitverbreiteter Aktivismus an der Basis kann diesen Widerstand \u00fcberwinden.<\/p>

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