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		pindab0ter 3 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: "Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies" – Execu... I am not at all familiar with the US system. How come there is a $3500 donation limit to politicians, but the tech billionaires have donated hundreds of millions to the inauguration fund?

bluGill 3 days ago [–]

The inauguration fund is not used to get someone elected. Different accounts with different rules.

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