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Post by aztec70 on Oct 25, 2010 9:07:58 GMT -8
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Post by waztec on Oct 27, 2010 15:21:25 GMT -8
The involvement of corporations and the injection of vast sums of money into the political process by a hand full of unidentified persons concerns me greatly. And it occurs to me that it should concern conservatives as well as liberals.
If a half of a dozen people can sway an election against Democrats today, they can do it tomorrow against Republicans. Who is to say that these six individuals even want the same Republican party or conservative coalition as as the majority? Some day that half a dozen may influence the primaries in such a way that they might thwart the will of the conservative remainder. Who is to say that they won't? Who is to say that the money will never be used to create a candidate or party, that purports to be supportable by the majority, but is in fact a sham created to further the will of the half dozen?
And with regard to corporations, I cannot understand, from a logical perspective, how a contrived legal entity, created by statute to facilitate commerce and offer liability protection, can be afforded any standing in, or influence over the vote of citizens. If the electoral process is not designed solely to determine the will of citizens through their own resources and participation who and what is it for?
I realize that the Supreme Court rules that Corporations may participate in elections, but even their contorted legal justifications cannot hide the fact that their decision renders these artificial contrivances the rights granted only to human beings up to this point.
Great legal rulings are one thing and common sense is evidently something else. And on this issue those arrogant paragons of legality are just plain wrong.
I find it grossly disturbing the Supreme Court has elevated an artificial and contrived entity into a position of more influence than any citizen.
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