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Originally Posted by Seashore
I don't believe things will change until we get the money out of politics. In my opinion, that means banning political contributions/advertising.
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So, we are obviously going in the wrong direction when the SCOTUS just did this on Thursday...
"Yesterday's radical Supreme Court ruling opens up the flood gates for unlimited corporate spending on campaigns. It says Big Business can spend as much money as it wants to, trying to defeat one candidate or another.
Individual citizens' freedom to effect our democracy, anyone's ability to make a difference, who isn't named Exxon, consider yourself squished under the heel of special interests and the nation's most rich and powerful companies."
Start at the 5:00 mark:
SCOTUS decision in Citizens United case