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$55,000 of fines for $2,600 of contributions. So the fine was about 20 times the amount of the illegal contributions.
We could stop a lot more of this nonsense if the fines could ALWAYS be of this magnitude, relative to the illegal activity.
Or, we could kick all of these contribution limit laws to the curb, and let everyone donate as much as they want, any time they want, to any candidate they want. As long as it's all public knowledge almost instantly.
Would it be asking too much to abrogate the election of anyone who benefited from this kind of thing in his election???