Schiff Introduces Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United (Sanders, dollar, carry)
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Who? You? If all it was about is spending money, Hillary would have won. She spent many times over what Trump spent. The Koch Brothers sat that one out. Soros spent millions and lost. Why didn't their ads and money convince people to vote for Hillary?
Why didn't Hillary win? The vast majority of that money was spent on Hillary.
What difference does it make who is president when you have lobbyists purchasing politicians around him?
Bribery is illegal but they seem to have got around that.
President Donald Trump promised to drain the swamp. Instead, it’s filling up.
For the first time since 2007, the number of registered lobbyists along with federal lobbying spending each went up, reversing annual declines that began a decade ago.
The reason health care is so expensive in this country is because they are protected from capitalism by politicians.
What difference does it make who is president when you have lobbyists purchasing politicians around him?
Bribery is illegal but they seem to have got around that.
This is a completely different topic. McCain/Feingold did not restrict lobbying.
President Donald Trump promised to drain the swamp. Instead, it’s filling up.
For the first time since 2007, the number of registered lobbyists along with federal lobbying spending each went up, reversing annual declines that began a decade ago.
The reason health care is so expensive in this country is because they are protected from capitalism by politicians.
Corporate lobbyists need to be booted out of Washington DC.
We the people apparently don't even have a say about them going back & forth through the revolving door from K Street to US Congress to K Street ...
Absurdity upon absurdity ...
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There are absurdities that flow from granting legal fictions Constitutional rights that were intended for humans. Corporations don’t have minds, and without one it is hard to see how a corporation “thinks” about any political issue du jour from gay rights to the budget deficit. Without a soul, it’s hard to conceptualize how a corporation could “believe” in anything whether it is transubstantiation of communion or the morality of birth control. But here we go again.
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This is a completely different topic. McCain/Feingold did not restrict lobbying.
Obama promised the same. Did you vote to re-elect him despite the lie?
It does not matter who we elect since the politicians that are paid off will reject any attempt in killing their golden goose.
A lot of the politicians are put in place by corporations to go work for them.
It may be off topic but it s the greatest threat this country faces.
Corporate Lobbyists need to be kicked out of Washington DC.
They all promise to do it, even Mr. Trump.
Then they all make exceptions.
The Revolving Door
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Although the influence powerhouses that line Washington's K Street are just a few miles from the U.S. Capitol building, the most direct path between the two doesn't necessarily involve public transportation. Instead, it's through a door–a revolving door that shuffles former federal employees into jobs as lobbyists, consultants and strategists just as the door pulls former hired guns into government careers. While officials in the executive branch, Congress and senior congressional staffers spin in and out of the private and public sectors, so too does privilege, power, access and, of course, money.
It may be off topic but it s the greatest threat this country faces.
Corporate Lobbyists need to be kicked out of Washington DC.
Then demand your politicians address that. This does not.
We argue for something that was designed to keep the people out of the process.
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