And then you can also donate much more to the various party committees, and you can do it as a &quot;directed donation&quot;, so that the money is credited to Politico X and the party committee <i>immediately forwards the money back to Politico X</i>.<p>But corruption talk that centers on the individual donations made to politicians is mostly wrong.  That&#x27;s not how corruption works.  That&#x27;s a reflection through a mirror of the actual corruption happening, which is mostly about influence, not money.  Politico A and Entity B have made a deal to use their influence to support each other, and that is reflected in some puny $1000 donation somewhere, but it&#x27;s not mostly about the $1000.