On 12/08/2011 01:51 PM, Pete Theisen wrote: > lelandj wrote: > >> Congress need to enact campaign reform limiting political contributions, >> and have it taken to the Supreme Court, so the Supreme Court can >> overturn "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission". Limited >> campaign contributions would better equalize the resources available to >> each campaign > Hi Leland, > > There are limits now. So the rich guys just give everybody whatever the > limit is plus a few extra to contribute to their guy. Illegal? Sure but > "they" let it go. > > The disclosure sheets have thousands of "housewives" from out of the > district who give the max.
The Supreme Court's "Citizens United" decision allows Corporations, Non-profits, Unions, and even Foreign Interests to contribute unlimited amounts to political campaigns, special interest organizations, PAC, etc to promote whatever issues they want, while all is done in complete secrecy, (eg the donor and amounts contributed remain anonymous). This is bad news for the USA democratic process, that depends on fair elections based on a balanced dissemination of information. Multi-millionaire and billionaires, who make up top management and the board of directors of large corporations will now funnel their political campaign contributions through existing or newly formed corporations, making contribution limitations mote. The Supreme Court made a really bad decision here; because, they allow the "Citizens United" case to be framed as a constitutional, first amendment, free speech issue; rather, than in the context of fair election law. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLpKWeG7wF4 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/21/supreme-court-rolls-back_n_431227.html Regards, LelandJ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
