{"id":13113,"date":"2016-09-28T19:02:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T19:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/sheldon-adelson-gets-what-he-paid-for\/"},"modified":"2016-09-28T19:02:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T19:02:00","slug":"sheldon-adelson-obtiene-lo-que-pago","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/es\/articles\/sheldon-adelson-gets-what-he-paid-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheldon Adelson obtiene lo que pag\u00f3"},"template":"","class_list":["post-13113","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-blog-post"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Americans like to think our government represents all of us, but sometimes in American politics, you get what you pay for.","featured_image":null,"article_type":1103,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":13104}","{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":9060}"],"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":"<p dir=\"ltr\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-55849a8f-722f-dcb4-5c45-7b7b1fbbd6da\">A los estadounidenses les gusta pensar que nuestro gobierno nos representa a todos, pero a veces, en la pol\u00edtica estadounidense, lo que se paga es lo que se recibe. Gracias a la presencia de grandes capitales en la pol\u00edtica, muchos legisladores se preocupan m\u00e1s por las personas, empresas y grupos adinerados que financian sus campa\u00f1as que por el resto de sus electores.<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">Una nueva iniciativa, liderada por los republicanos, para prohibir las apuestas en l\u00ednea ilustra c\u00f3mo el dinero influye en los pol\u00edticos. Esta propuesta, patrocinada por los senadores Tom Cotton (republicano por Arkansas), Lindsey Graham (republicano por Carolina del Sur) y Mike Lee (republicano por Utah), es un proyecto predilecto del multimillonario magnate de casinos de Nevada, Sheldon Adelson, uno de los donantes m\u00e1s generosos del Partido Republicano.<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">El mes pasado, Adelson don\u00f3 20 millones de d\u00f3lares al Fondo de Liderazgo del Senado, un comit\u00e9 de acci\u00f3n pol\u00edtica (PAC) vinculado al l\u00edder de la mayor\u00eda del Senado, Mitch McConnell, que ha invertido casi 14 millones de d\u00f3lares este a\u00f1o en apoyo a los republicanos del Senado. Unas semanas despu\u00e9s, Cotton present\u00f3 el proyecto de ley.<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">Adelson lleva a\u00f1os oponi\u00e9ndose abiertamente a los juegos de azar en l\u00ednea; reconoce que representan una amenaza directa para sus casinos. As\u00ed que, a cambio de unos pocos millones de d\u00f3lares, recluta a senadores para que defiendan sus intereses y nos recuerda al resto del mundo el desequilibrio de poder en nuestra democracia.<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">Se supone que nuestro gobierno debe escuchar y valorar todas las voces por igual. En cambio, quienes no tienen millones de d\u00f3lares para contribuir a las campa\u00f1as est\u00e1n siendo silenciados por la \u00e9lite adinerada. Afortunadamente, hay mucho que podemos hacer para solucionar esto.<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">En este ciclo electoral, 12 grupos de buen gobierno han unido fuerzas en una campa\u00f1a llamada &quot;\u00bfQui\u00e9n luchar\u00e1 contra el gran dinero?&quot;. Han establecido objetivos espec\u00edficos para una democracia m\u00e1s inclusiva y est\u00e1n pidiendo a los candidatos al Congreso que tomen una postura.<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">En <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whowillfightbigmoney.org\/\">quienluchar\u00e1congrandinero.org<\/a>Puedes ver las posturas de m\u00e1s de 200 candidatos que han respondido a nuestra encuesta. Si tus candidatos no han respondido, cont\u00e1ctalos por correo, tel\u00e9fono o Twitter. Expl\u00edcales la importancia de la reforma democr\u00e1tica y p\u00eddeles que se comprometan a apoyarla.<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">Los estadounidenses hoy enfrentan muchos problemas, desde el medio ambiente hasta la inmigraci\u00f3n y los derechos civiles. Cada asunto importa, pero no podemos confiar en que los pol\u00edticos aborden los asuntos que nos preocupan mientras sigan dependiendo de los intereses especiales de los ricos para ganar la reelecci\u00f3n.<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">El gran capital ha tomado el control de nuestro gobierno; nos corresponde recuperarlo participando activamente y expresando nuestra opini\u00f3n. Debemos exigir a los candidatos que rindan cuentas y que se pronuncien sobre la reforma democr\u00e1tica. Necesitamos defender un gobierno m\u00e1s justo el d\u00eda de las elecciones, votando por candidatos dispuestos a luchar contra el sistema en lugar de lucrarse con \u00e9l.<\/p>"}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sheldon Adelson gets what he paid for - Common Cause<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/es\/articulos-2\/sheldon-adelson-obtiene-lo-que-pago\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sheldon Adelson gets what he paid for\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/es\/articulos-2\/sheldon-adelson-obtiene-lo-que-pago\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CommonCause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CC-Share-Graphic-Main9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CommonCause\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/sheldon-adelson-gets-what-he-paid-for\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/sheldon-adelson-gets-what-he-paid-for\/\",\"name\":\"Sheldon Adelson gets what he paid for - 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