AnnMarie wrote:
Citizen's United, along with gerrymandering, was one of the worst things to happen to the political voice of the average american. Money corrupts politics, and our represtatives work for the money interests instead of americans. Gerrymander the districts so they get reelected no matter how crazy and unwilling to compromise they are, and do the bidding of the folks that pay to get them elected. So we have a congress that votes to defund Obamacare about 40 times, instead of doing any useful work to create jobs in this country. They write tax laws that let donors get special tax breaks, take jobs overseas. We don't get background checks for gun purchases, something the majority of Americans want, or higher taxes on the ultra rich, something the majority of Americans want, because these "representatives" do not represent us, the only represent there donors. Citizens United allows for unlimited, secret, contributions, i.e. BRIBES.
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I don't think there is a difference between conservative or liberal free speech, but I do not think corporation are people entititled to free speech, and I do not think money is speech. These are the tenets of Citizens United-corporations are people and money is speech.