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echo: pol_inc
to: WAYNE CHIRNSIDE
from: Bob Ackley
date: 2010-05-01 18:39:58
subject: Citizens United ruling

Replying to a message of WAYNE CHIRNSIDE to BOB ACKLEY:

 WC>> Disagree with the Citizens United ruling handed down by the
 WC>> Supreme court allowing unlimited political campaign
 WC>> donations by corporations subverting your rights as a U.S.
 WC>> citizen?

 WC>> Here's your chance to stand up for your rights for a
 WC>> Representative democratically elected Congress rather than
 WC>> a Congress controlled by the  special interests of large
 WC>> corporations.

 BA>> Where the h*ll have you been for the past half century or
 BA>> longer?  The congress has been owned and operated by
 BA>> various special interests for at least that long.  The
 BA>> decision merely gives businesses a foot in that door.

 WC> Been right here.

 WC> I'm well aware of what you say and AGREE with it however
 WC> it's just been made legal to make those "donations"
 WC> AKA bribes UNLIMITED.

Unions have been doing exactly that for decades, the decision merely
levels that playing field.  FWIW I disagree with the limits on how much
one can donate to a candidate (and note that there's no limit on the amount
of a candidate's personal funds s/he can spend on him/herself).

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