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echo: pol_inc
to: Dave Drum
from: Earl Croasmun
date: 2010-05-02 18:27:26
subject: RE: Citizens United ruling

~>  ~> How many votes do you think a large corporation like Exxon - Mobil
~>  ~> is entitled to?
 
~>  EC> Corporations don't vote in elections for governmental office.  Most
~>  EC> people already knew that, but I point it out just in case.
 
~> Sure they do. They vote with their wallets.

I am sure that Wayne did not mean anything so blindly stupid as that.

~>  ~> If they've a greater right than that of an average citizen to donate
~>  ~> to a political candidate, and they do, the that's elevating corporations
~>  ~> far above those rights granted to U.S. citizens.
 
~>  EC> The case had nothing to do with donating money to a candidate, and it
~>  EC> gave no "greater" rights to corporations than
individuals.  Your lack
~>  EC> of understanding the basics of the case helps to explain your opinion
~>  EC> of it.
 
~> Yes, it did. 

The majority opinion of the United States Supreme Court says it didn't. 
But you go ahead and believe any fiction you choose.
 
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