Bahamut2000X wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMxNnJn2oeE
So ya, in case you haven't heard the Supreme Court reviewed a past case and overturned it. In simple terms what happened is simply the fact that they removed the cap on corporations spending on campaign funds.
You see for the longest time [20 years, a shorter span than my age] corporations were allowed to spend only so much money on political candidates. But that law has been thrown out meaning the corporations (which have FAR FAR FAR FAR FAR FAR more money then even the average rich person) are allowed to spend that money on campaigning for whatever political candidate they want. Meaning pressure on candidates to pass legislation and do things favorable for the corporation that sponsored them, else they lose that money.
Meaning politicians not being of the people, but being of the people as defined by the corporation. It's about the worst thing that any democracy could face, and in essence has KILLED our democracy since it means if you ever wanted to run for office, especially a high up important one, lest you become a lap dog of a sponsor, your basically going up against what any multibillion dollar corporation decides they care to spend to advertise.
Your entire rant is negated by the intelligence of the American people who are willing and able to vote. Big donors recently spent millions on the Coakley campaign in Massachusetts, but that did not insure a victory. Indeed, her lobbyist dinner party in Washington D.C. turned into a PR disaster as voters found out about the big cash she was receiving from special interest groups.
Through reading your post, I also question whether you even know what was overturned. The case concerned rules which forbade certain corporations, including non-profits, from campaigning for candidates through advertisements paid for only by general treasury funds for a certain period before elections, both general and primary.
You blatantly leave out that fact that what was overturned in the McCain-Feingold law was unconstitutional. The government was singling out a particular group for discrimination, which is unlawful according to the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. The First Amendment provides that free speech cannot be prohibited, regardless of how much money a group has or has not. For the government to be specific on who can say what during what times constitutes an obvious abuse of power and a restraint against that free speech held by the Founding Fathers.
For further reading about the issue, here are some very informative links:
Candidates and Political Parties Are Losers in Campaign Finance Case by William McGinleyA Death Blow to McCain-Feingold by Clarice FeldmanSupreme Court Strikes Down Campaign Finance Laws by Sean Parnell