Grayson Making Politicians Declare Greed
Alan Grayson is continuing to pull no punches down in DC:
Anticipating a Supreme Court decision that could free corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money on political campaigns, Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) introduced five bills on Wednesday to choke off the expected flood of corporate cash. ”We are facing a potential threat to our democracy,” Grayson said in an interview with HuffPost. “Unlimited corporate spending on campaigns means the government is up for sale and that the law itself will be bought and sold. It would be political bribery on the largest scale imaginable.”
Grayson introduced a handful of bills on Wednesday — the Business Should Mind Its Own Business Act, the Corporate Propaganda Sunshine Act, the End Political Kickbacks Act, and two other measures. The Business Should Mind Its Own Business Act would impose a 500 percent excise tax on corporate contributions to political committees and on corporate expenditures on political advocacy campaigns. The Corporate Propaganda Sunshine Act would require public companies to report what they spend to influence public opinion on any matter other than the promotion of their goods and services. The End Political Kickbacks Act would restrict political contributions by government contractors.
I just love the idea of Republicans voting against the “End Political Kickbacks Act” and the “Corporate Propaganda Sunshine Act”. The depressing thing, though, is that nothing can tell you more about where DC is than the fates of those bills, because they won’t even see the floor.
Why? Because a whole lot of corrupt Democrats will be paid to vote against them, as well. They’re way too afraid to cut off that gravy train.
Is it political theater? Only in the sense that they’ll never pass — if we had an honest set of politicians, not bought windbags in baggy suits, they’d all be law. Once again, “the politics of pragmatism” will prevent that.
