Why shouldn’t a CLMA member or employee just contribute to a candidate directly, rather than through the CLMA PAC?
PACs help CLMA members and employees to dramatically multiply their impact on the political process. PACs can give up to $5,000 per election to a congressional candidate; whereas, individuals are currently limited to giving federal candidates $2,000 per election. By aggregating many small individual contributions, PACs have a greater impact on political campaigns than most individuals can – and can get involved in many more campaigns nationally. A disadvantage of supporting a candidate with personal dollars, as opposed to PAC dollars, is that the candidate may or may not know why the individual is making the contribution or which issues are most important to the individual. When contributions are made through a PAC, they are clearly identified with the interest that the member shares with the organization.
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