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Actually their purpose is to increase shareholder wealth and everyone should be aware of that. If demand is for the crap we get today that is what we get.
What if the demand for crap is driven by government prohibition of what people really want?
yet you do understand that OPINIONS and VIEWS are bought with donations
when a PERSON, or a GROUP OF PERSONS (corporation) want something from the government 'e a "law'" or "policy" they have to pay for the airtime or presentation
when moveon.org want to influence the liberal policy makers, what do you think they are doing
when the teachers union, wishes to present their wishes to the government for policy making do you think its just a letter of petition?? do you think those petitions cost nothing?
every year, (even before CU) newspapers and other organizations (corporations) would ENDORSE, and even take out full page adds, either for or against a candidate, for or against a policy bill
that's called freedom of speech and freedom of the press(a corporation)
all CU did was verify that the 1st amendment was for ALL (to include unions, organizations (profit or non-profit) , corporations, and individuals
to stifle freedom of expression or speech (and yes money buys you the speech) would be a violation of the 1st amendment and the path towards a dictatorship
But the problem is that big groups of people have perverted the process. Instead of just paying to have their message heard, they are shelling big bucks out to their candidates which, in turn, gives those groups power over the government.
Bernie was/is NOT genuine or he wouldn't have tossed his hat in with Hillary, ESPECIALLY once he found out for a FACT that what he believed was true, Hillary's coronation was RIGGED.
A genuine person who actually and honestly believes in his positions would not suck up to and buddy up with someone who violates most everything that person believes in.
A person who cares more about his country than himself would...
So all they do is spread the wealth around.....that is not a bad thing.
But if ads do nothing why spend money on them? Why disagree with capping spending on campaigns? I think there are many, many qualified, intelligent Americans who would have been better candidates than what we have but they can't compete against the likes of Trump and Clinton - and its because of money. Don't you find that frustrating and totally not in keeping with what America is supposed to be about?
Nothing in the law that was overturned did anything about corporations giving money to the parties. This is what they are after. They want all the money funneled through them. They want to completely control the message. They want no one outside of the parties to have a say.
That is what the act did. It did nothing to stop corporations from influencing anyone with money.
From everything I've read and seen, it was an unintended consequence of the law which made it easier for corporations to give money to parties. As you say, even outside of that, CU does a lot of damage to the democratic process allowing "people" (groups) to control a whole party's message and not allowing others to have a say in what happens.
When we get a bill that would do that, let us know. You want to create a law that would ban anything above say $250 to be donated to the parties? I'm not sure that would stand Constitutional muster but I'd not fight it.
We will never see that.
I'd LOVE to see something like that. How do you think it would be challenged on a Constitutional level? (Genuinely interested)
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