¶ … forces shape the public's values and educate them, such as with regard to organized labor and corporate corruption.. The reason that PACS are so important is that they both impact upon public policy in both the corporate community and in the public sector. In this way, they raise two issues for this author. First, they unnaturally increase the influence of particular political candidates, especially in close races. Secondly, they increase corporate power in the area of corporate industry PACS that are lobbying for issues that are not in the general public interest.
Political Action Committees (PACs) are an integral part of the American political system are legal entities that act on behalf of trade unions, corporations or other organizations in order to make donations to candidates for Federal offices. This something that can not legally be done directly. In this way, they contribute to the election or defeat of particular candidates based upon the issues they represent. While PACS really came into their own in the 1970s and 1980s, they were born in 1944. At that time the Congress of Industrial Organizations, the CIO the present AFL-CIO, wished to aid the re-election of President Franklin...
In the way was the 1943 Smith Connally Act that made it illegal for unions to contribute directly to federal candidates. To counter this, the CIO urged individual members to contribute money directly to the FDR's
campaign. This was successful and PACs were born. Since, they have raised billions for thousands of causes and candidates and from left to right on the political spectrum in the public or corporate spheres. However, to begin with, they were pro-labor and anti-corporate corruption. The bottomline is that they affect the ability of the average American to have a decent lifestyle and to achieve the
American dream (house ownership, etc.) ("About pacs -," 2012).
Connected vs. Unconnected PACS
Some PACS are raise money from people employed in a
corporation or who are members of a trade union. These are "connected PACs" which rarely ask for donations from the general public. While this is the case, they are legally free to do so. In the "unconnected PACs"("Independent PACs"), they raise money the targeting for selected groups. They can contribute to a candidate but must remain independent from the candidate and contributions are limited to $5,000. PACS behave…
