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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (119341)	9/17/2009 3:25:07 PM
From: GuinnessGuy	Read Replies (3) of 132070

Mike, I hate to sound like a broken record, but why o why can't campaign contributions be limited to individuals? Now, maybe there'd be a loophole in that corporations - wishing to spread their 'love' to certain politicians - would give money to their employees as 'bonuses' with the understanding that they are to pass that money along to whatever politicians that sing the company line, but that seems a stretch. Bottom line for me is that without the ability to make political contributions non-single-human entities would have no teeth in Washington except to the extent that they could reason with the politicos. In other words, there's nothing wrong with lobbying when lobbying simply means meeting with politicos to try to persuade them that their cause is either directly or indirectly beneficial to the politicos' constituents. Is it true that what I'm lobbying for is considered non-constitutional due to the first amendment? I think I heard that somewhere...maybe here. If so, I my pea brain doesn't see it. If there's a lawyer in the house, I'd like to know the reasoning. craig

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