Jan 21, 2010

SCOTUS: Eases restrictions on campaign spending for corporations

We should be STRENGTHENING these limits, not easing them!

Corporations should not be given the power to use profits to influence politics. Individuals, fine...money is speech. Not sure I agree, but fine. But corporations?

Corporations are treated as people, though they shouldn't be. A business makes money from people buy selling products and services these people want. But buying these things is NOT a representation that they also support the businesses political leaning/ambitions. The business should not be treated as a person in this case and there should be NO political contributions from it.

The owner and shareholders of said business should be able to spend their own money freely and openly for whatever political campaign they choose.

Or at least they should be able to for the purposes of this argument.

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