How to lose control of your country…
I don’t really know if there is or was a turning point.
I think it’s slowly been creeping into our nation’s backbone since the Great Depression.
As individuals, as citizens of the United States, we are losing the power of our own individual vote.
The reason? Not simple, and certainly not easy to digest.
The ability of of non-citizens to contribute financially to ANY political figure (or potential political figure) is a clear method to utilize propaganda and advertizing techniques to win an election.
I don’t think this is in ANY manner a level playing field. The Supreme Court just opened up a new venue by which Special Interest and Lobby money will now get their own little shopping spree. That is, businesses may dedicate money in political arenas directly to engage voter opinion. This tactic was just upheld by the supreme court.
Overruling two important precedents about the First Amendment rights of corporations, a bitterly divided Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the government may not ban political spending by corporations in candidate elections. –Adam Liptak, New York Times
He…is…not…kidding!!!
The question is simple. The answer is a mess. How can we as a people justify allowing businesses ANY influence in our voting process, and I am SO including campaign contributions in this question. The interests of businesses should not be given one iota of leverage in the political process, just the same as religious organizations.
Seriously. WHAT THE FRAK MAN?! All the businesses turning this beautiful country into a financial playground need to stop and think. The constitution does NOT provide the rights of a citizen to business entities. In that spirit I simply say, that if a business cannot operate in this country within the scope of existing law, the business is by definition unfit, we need not give a business, specifically BIG business, any venue by which it may influent any political process. That is the duty of the government representatives by way of the voter, not by way of the big businesses wallets.
Unfortunately, somehow we have very directly started giving business MORE freedoms than the it’s own citizens, they sure as hell are getting more tax breaks. But my biggest concern is again the floodgates opened by the Supreme Court today.
The Supreme Court on Thursday handed a new weapon to lobbyists. If you vote wrong, a lobbyist can now tell any elected official, my company, labor union or interest group can spend unlimited sums explicitly advertising against your re-election. –David D. Kirkpatrick, New York Times
I have to think of what this means. I don’t actually need a slippery slope. By permitting this, we have lent businesses and special interests our very First Amendment rights of free speech. I have a HUGE problem with this. It’s one thing when a person buys a hundred people dinner, gets on a podium, and motivates a bunch of people to vote for a specific individual. That is NOT what we’re talking about. We’re actually giving big business and special interest the green light to financially squash opposing politicans and their campaigns.
Did the supreme court just decide to stop acting in the interest of it’s people and instead apply an interest in defending business based on the rights afforded citizens by way of the constitution? The answer on that is simple…hell yes they did and now we’ll have a decade of businesses continually inserting themselves in every big action by the government. WAY TO EFFING GO!!!
This decision should seriously transcend political party..well I think every government decision should be made regardless of party, but the last couple years show us clearly that dems and reps both have led us to ruin by allowing businesses to affect the stability of a nation. Instead…somehow…we come to the conclusion that business can not be regulated in the amount of money the apply towards political elections.
I never thought I’d say this. But our judicial branch has embarrassed me. The people of the Supreme Court are supposed to be the epitome of common sense and the last bastion upholding our freedoms. Instead, you give just decided businesses are the same as the citizens of this country.
Bunch of effing useless lobby lackeys you turned out to be.
-T
I am trying to gather more information regarding today Supreme Court antics. If you happen to run into any PLEASE send them my way.
CNN Article on the proceedings.
NY Times article
NY Times article #2
The LA Times chimes in
TONS more links as the nation reacts to the decision
Oh and FOX News, you are officially absolutely useless. Every news organization on the continent is publishing about this Supreme Court ruling. All you can do is write one little paragraph about what the white house reacted with rather than what the Supreme Court just did. What bunch of retarded sell-outs. Readers can see what I am talking about HERE
