Elections aren't an enterprise (or at least shouldn't be). And money is not speech. Also, the country was not founded on the notion of free enterprise, though I will grant you that it has been a major thread through a lot of our existence.
If you want to advocate for a candidate or a political party, then I absolutely think you should do so. Write blog posts, make signs and go stand next to a busy road, distribute fliers in your neighborhood. Hell, organize a rally and a march! Free speech baby, everyone has the right to speak up and make themselves heard. Donating $20 million dollars to a candidate that goes into an account that they can they use to prop up the campaigns of other candidates and buy their votes is not speech. It does not promote any principle of democracy. It is a financial transaction, an attempt to buy influence, a perversion of the notion that all men are created equal and that we all have a solemn duty to get in and mix it up in the political arena to form a more perfect union. Fuck that. On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 8:42 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > In a country founded on free enterprise and free speech...how do you > contend we tell people how much money they can make and/or how they can > spend it??? > > Isn't this a fundamental paradox of our country's very existence? > > > On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 10:22 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Dollars = votes. > > > > We know this, now it's just precedent. > > > > The rich get richer and the rest get fucked. > > > > Limited government my ass. > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > I think that the SCOTUS has just sold our representative republic down > > > the river with this one. Its about as bad as Citizen's United. > > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > From: CNN Breaking News <[email protected]> > > > Date: Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 11:06 AM > > > Subject: CNN Breaking News > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > The U.S. Supreme Court today struck down limits on the total amount a > > > person can donate to various political campaigns in a single election > > > season. However, the court left intact the limit on how much an > > > individual can give to any single candidate. > > > > > > "We conclude that the aggregate limits on contributions do not further > > > the only governmental interest this court accepted as legitimate," > > > said Chief Justice John Roberts, referring to a 1976 ruling. "They > > > instead intrude without justification on a citizen's ability to > > > express the most fundamental First Amendment activities." > > > > > > The divided 5-4 ruling could have an immediate impact on November's > > > congressional midterm elections, and add another layer of high-stakes > > > spending in the crowded political arena. > > > > > > Get complete coverage of breaking news on CNN TV, CNN.com and CNN > Mobile. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > CNN is now LIVE anywhere you want it. > > > You can watch live CNN TV at http://CNN.com/CNNtv > > > or on the CNN Apps for iPhone, iPad and Android. > > > Contact your cable, satellite or telco provider for availability. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > You have opted-in to receive this e-mail from CNN.com. To unsubscribe > > > from Breaking News e-mail alerts, go to: > > > http://cgi.cnn.com/m/clik?l=textbreakingnews > > > > > > One CNN Center Atlanta, GA 30303 > > > (c) & (r) 2014 Cable News Network > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Larry C. Lyons > > > web: http://www.lyonsmorris.com/lyons > > > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/larryclyons > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:369704 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
