Originally Posted by
notEnuf
Any popular election will be bought from now on thanks to SCOTUS and their Citizens United v. FEC decision. Corporations and organizations are not people yet we give them the rights guaranteed to people and then treat them better than people. A revolution is coming but I have no idea when.
Money begets power begets money.
LOL right. You do realize what the C.U. case was all about right? Some want the gov to be able to control the discourse by controlling the finance, not to mention one side absolutely dominates in media, entertainment and academia as it is. (You want real campaign finance reform, cut off all aid including 529 scams to all colleges/incubators but I digress). And for what? 30 second ads mostly. So either you're worried that you will have your mind changed over 30 second ads, or you're worried all the other people's minds will be changed over 30 second ads. So we need gov to protect us by controlling the message. What could possibly go wrong.