The Supreme Court just gave corporate America the go ahead to fund campaign ads for the candidate of their choice with no limit on spending. While the Supreme Court believes their decision was fair, they neglected to consider the fact that personal donations to campaigns are still limited.
“Yesterday's Supreme
Court ruling on campaign finance law will give a huge boost to the
special interests that already exercise a stranglehold on our political
system, allowing them to tighten their grip and further prevent any
meaningful change. Dismissing the practice of the last century and
overturning two major precedents, the Court ruled 5-4 that corporations
have the same First Amendment rights as persons, and that those rights
include spending corporate funds to influence elections.”
[Author Jim Wallis ]
Keith Olberman bought up some interesting points as to how this new
law can affect our entire political system and our democracy as a whole.
Watch the video and consider his report.
http://www.examiner.com/x-33986-Political-Spin-Examiner~y2010m1d22-Supreme-Court-has-changed-the-rules-of-democracy
