Now that corporations are people and money is speech, and Superpacs funded by anonymous donors dominate campaign spending, it’s only a matter of time, I figure, before we finally can do away with the annoyance of having actual people run for office. In a perfect world, the corporate sponsors will have their lobbyists write and pass all legislation, and the presidency will become a coalition of like-minded corporate interests. No need for a human figurehead anymore.
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Kerry Lauerman
Joan Walsh
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Then she went on to discuss the huge sums of money various candidates have raised, not noticing that if the money was out of politics maybe those donations could go towards something worthwhile.
It's fatuous that politicians give speeches about creating jobs all the while raising money for lobbyists and operatives, the true beneficiaries of political campaigns.
Moneterrorism
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