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To: GuinnessGuy who wrote (119342)	9/17/2009 6:20:10 PM
From: Pogeu Mahone	Respond to of 132070

LOL Money talks bullshit walks no i`m not a shyster ============================= If there's a lawyer in the house, I'd like to know the reasoning.

To: GuinnessGuy who wrote (119342)	9/17/2009 11:55:31 PM
From: Nicholas Thompson	Respond to of 132070

freedon of speech= but the problem is with money corps can shout louder

To: GuinnessGuy who wrote (119342)	9/18/2009 10:23:59 AM
From: Knighty Tin	1 Recommendation Respond to of 132070

First Amendment. The Supreme Court ruled that corporations were persons and allowed all the rights of persons in the 1890s. Actually, they didn't rule that way. That was an aside by the Chief Justice, who was deep into bribes by the various corporate trusts, to another ruling, but close enough for the corps to go pushing the propaganda everywhere. The corporate bribes, er, contributions, are only part of the story. The other part is the high paying jobs the corps offer govt. servants after they leave govt. But this problem is a lot like the drug war. You have users and offerers of money. I think the first trick is to make the election process much shorter and dramatically less expensive, much as they do in England. If you don't need bribes to run a campaign to keep your cushy job, then you are somewhat less likely to accept bribes. The idea of corps giving the contribution amount to their employees is moot. Ain't gonna do it. The employees only get bonuses if the bosses can get 100 times more.