On July 6, 2016 at 17:03, FP Crazy said...
Well a good start would be to radically reform campaign finance laws. And overturn the SCOTUS verdict that corporations have the right to donate under a free speech amendment. Corporate donations are not free speech, it is merely a facet of commerce and commerce is not protected by "free speech". Corporations are charters (not individuals) granted by the states and the states are supposed to be "by the people, for the people".
Corporations are not necessarily evil by nature, but their objective is profits first and everything else can suck hind tit. When they can heavily effect the elected body with unlimited funds (PACS and SUPER PACS) then you end up with the mess we currently have. You can complain all you want about needed change, but until this one single thing is corrected, the change will only be slight of hand. Unbelievable how so many cannot realize this. We are not that far from the late 1800's robber baron days. Just robber baron 2.0.
Remember the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform act? Obama waited until the last minute before announcing that he wouldn't take public money, resulting in his campaign chest being almost triple that of McCain and yet, he only won by 5%.
This needs to have a limit- not only is the amount they spend obscene, it proves they're all liars when they say they want to help the middle class and the little guy. Obama and Romney spent about $2.1 Billion- did it actually do any good? I don't think so. They talk about Social Security as if it's an entitlement and raided the fund decades ago, yet they can pay to bring tens of thousands of immigrants in. They say they support veterans, yet,......
They're taking greed, avarice and hubris to new depths.
