The Super Obvious Ways to Get Around Campaign Finance Laws

Video written by Ben Doyle

[neilipsen]

Voters should know that Sam from Wendover will take this country in a positive direction by implementing subsidies for rail travel and masonry.

[TheTexas]

I love that, even after the brick special videos, HAI is still committed to the bricks

[SlapStyleAnims]

Glad you’re announcing your political campaign for 2024 at last. I support your plan for universal Corollas

[andrewlichmanov]

Once more the funny internet man blesses us with confused happiness for a few minutes

[artistwithouttalent]

The backronym at 2:09 is absolutely perfect. Go off, Sam and the rest of the HAI staff.

[anthonydpearson]

4:48 nice to see President Bartlet and Senator Vinicks consulting guy is still getting work

[scottcarothers]

Just wanna clarify at 1:05 that they weren’t approving super PACs. They had existed before, and the Citizens United decision just upheld their legality (conditionally)

[taressas]

I wrote a paper on this a while back. Another thing he doesn't mention, if I remember correctly, is that if you are a shareholder of a company that gives money to a super PAC, that company does not need to disclose that. Nor to the rest of the public, giving big corporations an easy way to control politics in their favor, rather than ours.

[Tomwithnonumbers]

Political corruption is a constitutional right

[yaitz]

I would just like to thank you for using examples from both parties. It would have been extremely easy, with a topic like this, to cherry-pick and make it seem like it's really only one side that heavily utilizes these tricks, and I highly respect you for not falling for the temptation to do so.

[gwohlers]

Careful Sam, if I see your name on a ballot I'm voting for you.

[llLorenzoll]

The "all comms should be publicly available" one at least ends up causing some transparency

[qman]

Going from true love to campaign finance, only on an hai video

[rosehipowl]

Thank you for explaining this! I'm not American but I have heard a lot about PACs and super PACs for years and I have had literally no idea what they were or why they were. Now I know! Incredible! Let's see what information about my own country's politics this replaces in my head :)

[suziscool]

"Joe money, Joe problems" Still laughing

[eddsp]

Cool, now I hate politicians even more that I did five and a half minutes ago.

[loki]

HAI be like „you know what lets expose the goverment” every month

[Sassytravis]

Bruno Gianelli is a great West Wing Easter Egg

[AdleisioCefnforDolphin]

Can we do like they do in England where Political Candidates are only allowed a set amount dolled out by the gov't and advertising is extremely limited, PAC's are not allowed to exist, and debating only happens in the weeks immediately before election so that everyone running has equal and fair opportunity of winning, rather than it being a game about who has the bigger wallet.

[CensoredMercy]

HAI is the channel that answers that one random question you searched up for then answers questions you never asked for the rest of time