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Old 04-10-2009, 03:29 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Who gets the Money?

If a politician amasses a large campaign fund and then decides to not run for re-election, who gets the money?
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If a politician amasses a large campaign fund and then decides to not run for re-election, who gets the money?
By law, it has to be given back within a certain amount of time if it doesn't get used up.

But you wouldn't believe how many loopholes they've used to keep it. Such as donating their own money and then taking it back again with interest.
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