The Supreme Court long ago determined that companies were "persons" under the law (actually they didn't , but that's a long story), and so companies have an equal right to make political donations as you do.
Never mind that companies can theoretically live forever, and almost always have much deeper pockets.
It has to with what you could call "permanence of residence". People who are poorer will tend to rent rather than buy, live with friends and relatives, get evicted, be deployed in the military, and change their place of residence more often. These people also tend more to be black, hispanic, etc., especially when you target a district that has a lot of minorities. Districts with a lot of people like this get targeted with voter registration purging efforts. The list of people to purge is called a "caging list", and data mining companies can generate them quite easily these days.
Except that it is now a routine (although still illegal) tactic to send letters addressed to the voter, and if it gets returned, that voter is struck from the registrations rolls.
They have been doing this to the homeless, blacks, hispanics, and Native Americans for the last several elections.
The BBC watches our own elections more closely than we do. They have documented all of this.
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The Supreme Court long ago determined that companies were "persons" under the law (actually they didn't , but that's a long story), and so companies have an equal right to make political donations as you do. Never mind that companies can theoretically live forever, and almost always have much deeper pockets.
The jury found her liable for $220,000. $9250 each for 24 songs.
It has to with what you could call "permanence of residence". People who are poorer will tend to rent rather than buy, live with friends and relatives, get evicted, be deployed in the military, and change their place of residence more often. These people also tend more to be black, hispanic, etc., especially when you target a district that has a lot of minorities. Districts with a lot of people like this get targeted with voter registration purging efforts. The list of people to purge is called a "caging list", and data mining companies can generate them quite easily these days.
Except that it is now a routine (although still illegal) tactic to send letters addressed to the voter, and if it gets returned, that voter is struck from the registrations rolls. They have been doing this to the homeless, blacks, hispanics, and Native Americans for the last several elections. The BBC watches our own elections more closely than we do. They have documented all of this.