Corporate Money Will Reshape Politics
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What do you think? I agree with the second response above. Having the corps be able to spend shareholders money on whatever the corporation wants whether the individual shareholders agree or not is a very dangerous precedent. Corps also have more money to spend and can reap greater rewards from influencing political policy. |
To a certain extent this is a depressing conversion from de facto to de jure.
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Maybe we'll get more balance if the unions can do what the corporations have been doing anyway. Bleh. |
In the past, Unions could not use dues for political purposes. That money had to come from separate voluntary donations by the members. I wonder if this affects that policy?
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I'm reaching, aren't I?:( |
yes you are, bruce. The more I think about this, the worse it gets.
Any of that Kool-Aid left? I could use a little right about now. |
This is terrible. I have long felt that if 'corporations' really are 'legal persons' they should be treated as the rest of us are -- limit them to $2k in campaign contributions.
This goes in the worst possible direction. |
Must be that Sotomayor's fault, being the newbie. :haha:
Is there a link to how they voted? Wait, does this mean they can give the money directly to the candidate, or just campaign on their own on behalf of the candidate? |
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Thanks.
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Your welcome, This is totally fucked up. How the hell can they make this decision? This goes beyond any sense, common or otherwise. :mad2:
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Boosting their retirement fund?
Oh, and it's Bush's fault. |
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WTF was Kennedy thinking???
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Daddy Bush gets the nod for Clarence Thomas and the credit goes to Reagan for Kennedy and Scalia. :D It does strike as odd. to say the least, that the conservative members of the bench, the more "strict" constitutionalists, believe the laws of the land should treat corporations as "people". WE the people and corporations of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union.... |
I gather that Thomas wanted to also eliminate disclosure rules.
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WE corporations, and the people we own, of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union....
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