I should actually make a distinction between a PAC and a Union or a Corporation. A PAC is specifically created to advocate for a specific set of issues, so I'm ok with an individual donating money to a PAC who then pools the money to run issue/candidate related ads. Unions and Corporations aren't created for the express purpose of running issue and candidate ads.
I still don't think that PACs should be able to donate directly to candidates. I'm ok with them pooling money to do issue and candidate advocacy though. Judah On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >> Would you agree, then, that unions, PACs and interest groups are not >> 'people' and therefore should nto be allowed to donate to political >> campaigns? > > Yes, I agree. > > I also don't think that money is speech. Speech is speech. You can pay > money to people to speak for you, money directly is not speech. Which > is why donating to a campaign is not a speech issue in the first > place, let alone the fact that corporations are not people. > > Judah > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:311021 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
