Jordan Zakarin

Supreme Court Rejects Campaign Spending Limits

Say goodbye to Democracy:

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The Supreme Court has ruled that corporations may spend freely to support or oppose candidates for president and Congress, easing decades-old limits on their participation in federal campaigns.

The court on Thursday overturned a 20-year-old ruling that said corporations can be prohibited from using money from their general treasuries to pay for campaign ads. The decision almost certainly will also allow labor unions to participate more freely in campaigns and threatens similar limits imposed by 24 states.

The justices also struck down part of the landmark McCain-Feingold campaign finance bill that barred union- and corporate-paid issue ads in the closing days of election campaigns.

Seriously, the biggest obstacle to any type of progressive change is money in politics, because people with money don’t like when others have a chance to get some, too. So they buy Congress members, with contributions and independent ad campaigns. That’s why we don’t have health reform or anything else that the people voted for — the people in power are beholden to the people with the real power, ie. money.

So say goodbye to any shot at any real change in this country. Democracy was just bought and sold.

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   I will. Fuck this shit.

3. theladyisagent reblogged this from soupsoup and added:

   opinion THAT IS A REALLY GOOD IDEA. LET’S LET THE CONGLOMERATES UNEQUIVOCALLY HOLD A MASSIVE INFLUENCE OVER THE VOTE OF...

4. bizzarelovetriangle reblogged this from soupsoup and added:

   Hahahahah, fuck.

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11. octothorp reblogged this from soupsoup and added:

    Now why in the hell would that be okay.

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17. other-stuff reblogged this from soupsoup and added:

    Money equals speach and the poor get eased out of the democratic process. “WASHINGTON (AP) — A bitterly divided Supreme...

18. mycelloisblack reblogged this from soupsoup and added:

    This is the end of the world. Yes, in 2012…but not what the Aztecs predicted.

19. totalinanity reblogged this from soupsoup and added:

    C.R.E.A.M. is no joke.

20. hangthesilver reblogged this from soupsoup and added:

    Someone come with me to Canada?

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    This is just Bad News Bears.

25. codeimperfect liked this
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    It’s all about the benjamins.

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    Great, this is just what we need, out government turning into an oligarchy controlled by big business. Didn’t we just...

30. workorwar reblogged this from soupsoup and added:

    good job, guys. i can’t possibly see how this could result in anything positive.

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    no worries - 2012 is coming lols but your right… our government is so corrupted

34. betweenthelinesoffearandblame reblogged this from soupsoup and added:

    We talked about this in our law class yesterday. What do you guys think about this? Should corporations be able to spend...

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    say our political system is going to hell in a handbasket?

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    Anthony, I seek a partial retraction. Justices Ginsberg, Stevens...in Citizens United v....

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    decay, decay, decay. nostradamus is laughing his way...the bank already.

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    corporations may spend freely to support or oppose candidates for president and Congress, easing decades-old limits on...

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