Dirty Money is an analytical account of campaign financingMost of us who are watching the American Presidential elections are bombarded with advertisements on TV, social media, YouTube and elsewhere. These advertisements and other campaign expenses are not cheap. We are bound to be wondering how Mr. Trump and Ms. Clinton and all the other candidates for congressional seats finance their campaigns. Dirty Money is a topical eBook that examines aspects of campaign financing.
The eBook blurb caught my attention:
"Relying heavily on information
gathered from official government reports, news sources, public
records, etc. the author makes a strong case for how accepting vast
sums from individual donors toward one's campaign could potentially
lead the politician to support policy that would ultimately benefit
the contributor."
In the first chapter, the author, Mr.
Arunachalam, sets the context by explaining fund raising by political
interests, some of which may have a conflict of interest. This is
followed by an analysis of Tax Evasion in campaign financing. The
author also looks at some of the topical issues like Fracking (and
big oil) and how they impact campaign financing. The author tries to
explain how "dirty money" and corrupt campaign finance
system impede the ability to promote free and fair elections.
Dirty Money concludes with an extensive
collection of references to government, corporate and independent
research, that backs up some of the Author's analysis.
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Book Review: Dirty Money (U.S. Presidential Elections 2016)
Author: Ramesh S Arunachalam
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MECSZD4
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