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Thank you We sneak And here's your shmoop du jour

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brought to you by single issue groups Tireless advocates for

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the one dollar bills all of the following concrete's political

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action committees Pax except what and hear the potential answers

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you need All right Political action committees or packs are

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groups that collection distribute money to be spent on political

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campaigns So let's get our pack on and peanut butter

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and jelly baby jacquelyn hide money in politics Three things

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that just can't really let the other one go Wealthy

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individuals can definitely create your run of the mill packs

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But after the supreme court's decision in citizens united versus

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f e c they can also spend unlimited amounts of

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money on so called super pacs just so long as

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they don't coordinate with the candidate Compacts be created by

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b unions Well sure they can union's work on behalf

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of their members to support candidates favoring the plight of

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the working man or trade laws that are advantageous to

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whatever industry that union happens to represent That's A big

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old striking is b Can pax be overseen by sea

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corporations Remember that citizens united ruling Yeah It also declared

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that limited corporate political donations were a kindle limiting free

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speech The corporations are free to support their pack of

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the litter A single issue group is one that focuses

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on a real shocker Here a single issue Groups like

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the nhra national rifle association or people for the ethical

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treatment of animals pita hone in on just one specific

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area whereas interest groups like are three american association for

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retired persons or emma the american medical association support the

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interests of a constituency every interest group not to mention

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every academic can sure pack a punch Which means that

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the only group on the list that can't create a

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political action committee is e political parties Packs are totally

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separate from political parties which have very different regulations on

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how money khun b smith during an election So option

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is the correct answer Now please excuse us We're going

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to be heading to hollywood to pitch our new superhero 00:02:16.095 --> [endTime] movie super pac

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