Shapiro said. "If we allow corporate America to buy our elections, we
will not be better off as a commonwealth or a nation.
plainolamerican
I disagree.
What the USSC has done is make it possible for American lobbyists to
regain control of our politicians from foreign lobby groups like AIPAC.
MJ
Nonsense.
The Government is already -- and has been for a very, very long
time -- FILLED with Pull Peddlers. That the Court actually ruled
in a manner consistent with the Constitution does not change
the 'purchasers' of that pull one iota.
Regard$,
--MJ
(W)e ought to be asking ourselves why corporations and
interests groups are willing to give politicians millions
of dollars in the first place. Obviously their motives
are not altruistic. Simply put, they do it because the
stakes are so high. They know government controls
virtually every aspect of our economy and our lives,
and that they must influence government to protect their
interests.
Our federal government, which was intended to operate as
a very limited constitutional republic, has instead become
a virtually socialist leviathan that redistributes
trillions of dollars. We can hardly be surprised when
countless special interests fight for the money. The
only true solution to the campaign money problem is a
return to a proper constitutional government that does
not control the economy. Big government and big
campaign money go hand in hand.
-- Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), "Texas Straight Talk," 2/4/02
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