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To: koan who wrote (16962)	5/31/2012 9:51:12 PM
From: Broken_Clock	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

well then you missed the point of the article. CU or not, corporations already own Obama

To: koan who wrote (16962)	6/1/2012 12:53:55 AM
From: Brian Sullivan	1 Recommendation Respond to of 85487

"cystal clear", just like everything you write...

To: koan who wrote (16962)	6/1/2012 12:09:56 PM
From: sm1th	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

I am primarily worried about the citizens United Decision and the billion dollars the 26 billionaires are going to spend buying the congress people, running negative ads and intimidating campaigns against anyone who would stands against them. You never seem concerned about union campaign spending and lobbying. Unions have been the biggest campaign donors for decades, especially the public employee unions. Don't you see any problems with govt employees buying the politicians who negotiate their contracts?

To: koan who wrote (16962)	6/27/2012 5:27:00 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 85487

I'm worried about the Citizens United decision as well, or more specifically the attempts to eventually get it overturned or modified in such a way as to weaken protection for free speech. These guys are going to spend a billion No one, not even "a group of 26 billionaires" is going to spend a billion dollars on independent expenditures for a political campaign. Partially because no one wants to spend that much money, and partially because it would be well past the point of diminishing returns (partially even negative returns, considering the annoyance factor that so many political ads pushing the same message would produce).

To: koan who wrote (16962)	6/27/2012 5:39:29 PM
From: sm1th	8 Recommendations Respond to of 85487

Unions and the average Joe cannot stand up to the billionaires Billionaires are spending their own money. They became billionaires because they handled money prudently. Union leaders are spending money forcibly extorted from the members, including those who oppose the unions political goals. Union leaders will spend every dollar they can get, because it isn't their money. Unions, especially public employee unions are the biggest purchasers of elections and politicians by far.