Get Ready To Be Showered With Corporate Money
Submitted by William Michael... on Fri, 01/22/2010 - 9:39am.
District 14
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--David
In an incredibly flawed opinion the United States Supreme Court on Thursday let loose the dogs of war in political fundraising. In the name of free speech they have now taken off the final limits on what corporations can do with their checkbooks in the political arena. The Court incredibly equated free speech and manipulation of the electoral process when they essentially ratified the practice of corporations buying elections...while leaving undisturbed the "limits" of contributions permitted by individuals.
Mr. Justice hear this: Political contributions either are free speech...and therefore cannot ever be limited...or they are not. In your effort to reach a preconceived result you have made a mockery of the law. The decision is flawed, intellectually dishonest and politically driven. As stated so eloquently by Justice Stevens:
“The difference between selling a vote and selling access is a matter of degree, not kind,” Justice Stevens wrote. “And selling access is not qualitatively different from giving special preference to those who spent money on one’s behalf.”
Oh this is a sad day in America.
Bill O'Neill, RN
Attorney At Law
Bill O'Neill
I couldn't agree more, Bill
We had a preview this past November when corporate money purchased Cuyahoga County government with a well-financed campaign of lies that duped voters into believing Issue 6 had ANY provisions for curving corruption and that it is not what it is – a consolidation of control of county in the hands of a few people with money and a bulldozing of the voices of the citizens. It is virtually a blueprint for corruption – but you never heard that, thanks to corporate money outspending the truth-tellers more than ten to one, and a compromised paper that sold its soul to be a campaign marketing tool rather than a provider of information.
If we don't fix this immediately, somehow, Issue 6 is the country's future.