Zócalo Public SquareBig Money. Small Money. More Money. – Zócalo Public Square https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org Ideas Journalism With a Head and a Heart Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:01:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Big Money. Small Money. More Money. https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2012/10/17/big-money-small-money-more-money/ideas/up-for-discussion/ https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2012/10/17/big-money-small-money-more-money/ideas/up-for-discussion/#respond Wed, 17 Oct 2012 07:01:06 +0000 Zocalo http://new.zocalopublicsquare.org/?p=38962 No matter the issue, the debate in this year’s presidential election is all about money: about the national debt, about how much we spend on entitlements, on the high finance world of private equity and Wall Street, and about campaign donations and spending. In advance of Zócalo’s first Bakersfield event, “How Much Does It Cost to Become President?”, co-presented by Cal Humanities, we asked experts on presidential politics about the increase in donations to presidential campaigns both by the wealthy giving millions to Super PACs and by average folks giving $5 online. What’s good and what’s bad about these trends?

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]]> No matter the issue, the debate in this year’s presidential election is all about money: about the national debt, about how much we spend on entitlements, on the high finance world of private equity and Wall Street, and about campaign donations and spending. In advance of Zócalo’s first Bakersfield event, “How Much Does It Cost to Become President?”, co-presented by Cal Humanities, we asked experts on presidential politics about the increase in donations to presidential campaigns both by the wealthy giving millions to Super PACs and by average folks giving $5 online. What’s good and what’s bad about these trends?

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