from Public Citizen:Once upon a time, corporate titans bankrolled our elections with no limits. There were no social safety nets, no real labor laws, and no voting rights for most Americans. There were the haves and have nots.
This fall, a century of modest limits on corporate influence in politics could be completely rolled back, crushing progress on health care, the environment, energy, economic recovery … on everything!
The Supreme Court on September 9 hears a case, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, that reopens the question of unlimited corporate money in our elections. In a stunning move, the Court will reach back and reconsider two other pivotal campaign finance cases settled long ago. The potential result? A century-old pillar of campaign finance doctrine could be swept away.
Sound like a good idea? Sounds so very last, last century — except this time it wouldn’t be the robber barons — it would be the giant, multinational corporations buying our politicians outright.
Don’t let our elections and progress get rolled by corporate power!
"Even worse, it would pose grave dangers to the integrity of elections and government itself, and would represent judicial activism at its worst."
ReplyDeleteIntegrity of elections and government? I've been under the impression that we lost that, at the very least, after 9/11 and probably before.
Agreed. I cant imagine reform and their house of cards colapsing unless the deal is done and we can only expect shills to run in all elections.
ReplyDeleteWhy do they want to keep paying them off when they ca just buy them in advance?
Hell
ReplyDeleteThis is actually a good thing.
It will be naked and unchallengable.
perhaps now americans will get the courage to actually do something about it.
You see the triumph of 'National Socialism USA' as a good thing? Once they are fully entrenched you can be sure death squads will test that 'courage' you are waiting for.......
ReplyDeleteNothing is going to change because we are no longer a nation of laws to protect we the people. We are already entrenched in fascism.
ReplyDeleteLaws will be passed to protect or enrich the "Corporation". It's really that simple now. We may as well acknowledge it and stop pretending our little petitions and phone calls to "representatives"(?) will land anywhere but the trash bin.
There is no recourse now without a total grassroots revolt.
Laudy
ReplyDeleteyou forget. I am from northern Ireland. those death squads you speak of I have actually faced.
With repression there is ALWAYS resistance.
It is just not with the "leaders" of the so called "progressive" movements. These lily livered folks will be swept aside.
REAL progressives will move away from Moveon.org and REAL ennviornmentalists have already walked away from the Sierra Club.
Jersey, you are 100% correct and that is what I am talking about.
Time for the psuedo progressive leaders of SEIU, PDA, UFPJ etc etc to be swept aside.
There are moments when the tide can be turned without all-out repression. I do not know if we are past those times, sometimes I suspect we are and that most Americans are too tamed and disoriented to resist. What I do know is that giving up is not an option.
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