American business leaders are concerned about the pressure they feel to donate to political campaigns and the influx of large, undisclosed donations to third-party political organizations that are not required to disclose their sources of funding, according to a new Zogby poll commissioned by the Committee for Economic Development (CED).The survey found that 60 percent of the over 300 business leaders polled say there is pressure to contribute to political efforts.
Seventy-seven percent of respondents believe that corporations should disclose all of their direct and indirect political expenditures, including money provided to third-party organizations to be spent on campaign ads.
The poll comes on the heels of the January ruling by the Supreme Court in the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission case that uncapped the amount of money corporations could funnel into political campaigns.
From Poll: Business Leaders Pressured to Donate to Campaigns by , October 28, 2010 at The Hill.
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Simple. Publish every name, even those giving to third party political advocacy organizations. Since the lawmakers have shown themselves unwilling to limit the totals, the only chance the public has to address corruption is for 100% transparency.
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