unPAC.org is an organization that strives to eliminate the influence of super PACs from the democratic process. PAC is an acronym for political action committee, and it is basically a group that either supports or attacks a political candidate.
A super PAC is a group that supports and/or attacks political candidates but has access to exponentially greater funds, thanks to its contributors (which are corporations). The formation of super PACs was made possible by the Citizens United ruling, wherein the Supreme Court decided that corporations are people just like you and me, so they can donate as much money to super PACs as they want.
The consequences of this are spelled out pretty clearly in this video:
Visit www.unpac.org to sign their petition to get the money out of politics.
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