"With this ruling, the Supreme Court has overturned settled precedent and opened floodgates that will allow special interest money to overrun our elections and turn our democracy into a corpocracy. As a result of this divisive ruling, insurance monopolies will have undue influence over your health care, fat cats on Wall Street will control your money, and big oil will wreak havoc upon the environment. Special interests will drown out the voices of the individual voters."
~ Congressman James Clyburn, on the Supreme Court ruling that corporations are people too
In other words, business as usual.
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Any hope of campaign finance reform died this Thursday.
So now the curtain is truly lifted on the charade of "democracy" that we were sold, only to be blatantly and pervasively exploited by the big moneyed interests.
I wonder how many more seats in Congress Goldman Sachs can buy with their billions ?
And you can count on their political expenditures are being a tax-deductible business expense, thus avoiding taxation altogether.
You and I must contribute after-tax money, and that contribution is not deductible.
Though I can't see myself giving any of these morons a penny more.
I can't believe the SC 5 were stupid enough to make that ruling. One more thing we can blame GWB for. He appointed 2 of them.
And Daddy Bush appointed Clarence "Coke Can" Thomas, too ...
meaning one family controlled appointment of 33 percent of the high court.
Only three of the nine currently serving were nominated by a Democratic President.
Stevens and Ginsburg better retire soon, as in before mid-2012, otherwise Obama the One-Termer won't be making the selection.
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