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To: Lane3 who wrote (64213)	5/7/2008 5:08:54 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542838

>>I think that applying the notion of freedom of speech to a corporation making a donation is weird, although that was probably the least weird one on the list to which I responded.<< Karen - I agree. It wasn't my idea to call giving money to candidates "free speech". In fact, I object to the notion. It was the Supreme Court which ruled that restricting their ability to donate to candidates would violate corporations' right to free speech. I'm not happy that the Supreme Court has ruled in that way. - Allen

To: Lane3 who wrote (64213)	5/8/2008 12:01:03 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542838

I think that applying the notion of freedom of speech to a corporation making a donation is weird I don't. Its giving freedom for people to act in concert, and work together for a common cause. Regular for profit corporations have their interests put at risk by regulation and legislation all of the time. It would in my opinion be unreasonable to not let them lobby to defend these interests. And "corporations" doesn't just mean entities like GE, IBM, XOM, and INTC, it includes (non-public) schools and universities, unions, charities, and political organizations.