This day 6 years ago Citizens United won a Supreme Court case of suing the Federal Election Commission for having restrictions of corporate spending on government elections. The act that was overturned was the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act. It was an obvious act that prevented corporations and unions from paying for media ads that would mention any candidates while preceding any elections. This is essentially just made sure the rich corporations weren’t allowed to buy ads that would promote their agenda and no one else’s. Simple really, they would not be allowed to BUY the interests of the people running for any government office. It was official from that point that politicians would be bought by companies to do their bidding.
The arguments used are outlined here. First was the idea that this restriction squelched “free speech.” So let’s get this straight. Corporations are now people??? Well I hope it seems obvious that that is preposterous. To think that a company has the innate rights that humans have is ludicrous. Oh but they do have a counter to that argument. They do claim that the First Amendment applies to all speech, not just people’s… I would not agree but ok. They then claim that while the government has the authority to prevent corruption, or even the “appearance of corruption”, they say government has no place in determining whether these LARGE sums of money actually influences people… WHAT??? Who would be ignorant enough to say that while I got a Million dollars from some company, I won’t let it influence me??? We do it on a much smaller scale in our own jobs. We do stuff and say stuff that we only do because of the people who pay us for it. Though the money may not go “directly” to the pockets of the officials, it is obvious that in our society the most amount of money to buy ads wins most elections. They owe their jobs to the corporations. They will do whatever it takes to pay them back.
The argument that this change would help free speech is hilarious. The speech that can now be heard is only from the wealthy. Crazy how many people in our society today will HATE on Obama. The ads have been bashing him for years. I know people who are so conservative and get upset at “handouts”, but they themselves use food stamps. I have NO problem with food stamps, or any of the programs out there to help people in need, and I support their use. But I also recognize that the GOP and Right-Wingers would soon dismantle all of them if they had a chance. Everyone thinks our country is in a mess, when the actual numbers show us at still the wealthiest country per capita of anyone, and of anytime in the history of the world. We have TWICE the economy of China yet we fear everyone. The GOP lives and dies on the fears of individuals. Yes they are expressing “free speech”, but shouldn’t we feel somewhat hopeful it was truthful and not complete lies??? Look at the Planned Parenthood videos. COMPLETELY fabricated and false. PROVEN to be false. Yet Fox news and the Right will continuously yell about Planned Parenthood. I apologize for getting off track.
The problem is simple. Citizens United, though a cleaver name choice, is AGAINST the citizens of this country. They stand to promote the interests of the EXTREMELY wealthy, and largest companies in our country. They have allowed corporations such as the Gas and Oil companies to "convince" politicians to give them subsidies. Yes people, the most profitable companies in the world get a HANDOUT from the US government, put into place by GOP puppets for those corporations. They have gotten over 5 Billion dollars over the last 5 years. These people do not care what you want anymore. They only care about what their Donors want. Heck, I don’t blame them for giving in because it allows them to be elected and have a job that guarantees healthcare and retirement, 2 of which are not to the rest of citizens by the way.
These are the reasons I support Bernie Sanders and the Wolf-PAC to help take down this terrible system that has ended our Democracy. We are no longer a Republic. We are a country being run by “NASCAR” drivers, pushing policies and agendas their donors want. We should want a country that actually has people who do what we want and ask of them, hell we elected them and give them all of their salary, yet our opinions mean nothing. 6 years ago our country lost what made it a spectacular country. Will we ever get it back? I wish I was more optimistic. #Wolf-PAC
The argument that this change would help free speech is hilarious. The speech that can now be heard is only from the wealthy. Crazy how many people in our society today will HATE on Obama. The ads have been bashing him for years. I know people who are so conservative and get upset at “handouts”, but they themselves use food stamps. I have NO problem with food stamps, or any of the programs out there to help people in need, and I support their use. But I also recognize that the GOP and Right-Wingers would soon dismantle all of them if they had a chance. Everyone thinks our country is in a mess, when the actual numbers show us at still the wealthiest country per capita of anyone, and of anytime in the history of the world. We have TWICE the economy of China yet we fear everyone. The GOP lives and dies on the fears of individuals. Yes they are expressing “free speech”, but shouldn’t we feel somewhat hopeful it was truthful and not complete lies??? Look at the Planned Parenthood videos. COMPLETELY fabricated and false. PROVEN to be false. Yet Fox news and the Right will continuously yell about Planned Parenthood. I apologize for getting off track.
The problem is simple. Citizens United, though a cleaver name choice, is AGAINST the citizens of this country. They stand to promote the interests of the EXTREMELY wealthy, and largest companies in our country. They have allowed corporations such as the Gas and Oil companies to "convince" politicians to give them subsidies. Yes people, the most profitable companies in the world get a HANDOUT from the US government, put into place by GOP puppets for those corporations. They have gotten over 5 Billion dollars over the last 5 years. These people do not care what you want anymore. They only care about what their Donors want. Heck, I don’t blame them for giving in because it allows them to be elected and have a job that guarantees healthcare and retirement, 2 of which are not to the rest of citizens by the way.
These are the reasons I support Bernie Sanders and the Wolf-PAC to help take down this terrible system that has ended our Democracy. We are no longer a Republic. We are a country being run by “NASCAR” drivers, pushing policies and agendas their donors want. We should want a country that actually has people who do what we want and ask of them, hell we elected them and give them all of their salary, yet our opinions mean nothing. 6 years ago our country lost what made it a spectacular country. Will we ever get it back? I wish I was more optimistic. #Wolf-PAC