RNC
Decides to Finish Destroying Democracy
There are headlines that are so jaw-dropping in their implications that they stop you cold in your tracks. Then, when you try to tell others about them, talking about them doesn't work. You just have to share them, and wait for the other person to stop cold in their tracks as well.
So, here you go:
Republican
National Committee Files Brief Seeking To Allow Corporate Funding of Campaigns
Yep -- you read that right. The RNC, those wonderful lovers of
our form of government, have asked the Supreme Court to EXPAND the Citizens
United decision to allow corporations to donate directly to campaigns. And to
give as much as they want. With no limits.
If that hasn't caused you to mutter amazed expletives to
yourself, try these numbers:
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The total cost of the 2008 Presidential campaign for EVERYONE --
both candidates, PACs, 527s, you name it -- was $5.3 billion.
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Citigroup's gross profit for 2011 was $60 billion.
In other words, ONE COMPANY could underwrite the entire campaign
of any presidential candidate it chose -- and not even breathe hard.
I try -- I really try -- to be charitable to Republicans most of
the time. But this is one of the most dangerous ideas any so-called political
party has ever come up with, and it deserves to be shouted down by people from
every side of the aisle.
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