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Showing posts with label Citizens United. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Citizens United. Show all posts
Saturday, March 2, 2024
The History Of Corporate Personhood Interference With US Democracy
"Have we reached the point where corporatism is triumphing over Democracy?"
Saturday, October 28, 2023
Citizens United: The Root Of A Major Problem In The USA
"If America is to recover any semblance of meaningful democracy in our country, we have to cut out the cancer of big money in our political system. We MUST overturn Citizens United. It won’t be easy, but it’s the most important thing we can do over the next two or three years. This one action alone will have a huge impact on, and must necessarily predate, positive action on pretty much every other issue."
Citizens United Has Destroyed America: Why Is Nobody Talking About It?
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Saturday, November 6, 2021
"Citizens United": The Travesty Of The US Political System
"The Supreme Court based its Citizens United ruling on the First Amendment right to free speech, maintaining that money is a type of political speech, and thus limits on political spending equate to limits on free speech. The ruling supercharged political spending. In 2000, approximately $1.6 billion was spent on Congressional elections. By 2018, the number had jumped to $5.7 billion. This spending has contributed to growing political polarization, a rise in crony capitalism, and the degradation of governmental responsiveness to the people."
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