AnnMarie Loc: Madison, Wi

Would you be happy if a union boss met a candidate in an alley, handed them unlimited cash and told them how to v**e on an issue? Say raising minimum wage. They would keep it secret, and the union boss would act suprised when it happened, as it could not be traced to his donation. Would you call that a bribe? Say it had no place in decent society? It is legal today under CU. It allows UNLIMITED and SECRET cash. If a company say, Star Kist, wanted to stop having to have dolphin excluders on its nets, it could give unlimited secret cash to a candidate who would secretly promise to gut the fishing laws. Star Kist would know that making that donation publically would cause a bad backlash from consumers, maybe even a boycott. So, under CU, it could make that secret donation, reap the benefit of the law, but have its spokespeople give grand speechs on how SK belives in how important dolphins are and how we need to save them. Unlimited and Secret? Is this what we want government to be? No mater what side you are on, you can see people on the other side using Citizens United to undermine what the majority want, and doing it in secret. CU legalizes bribery. No matter what side you are on, you can see the need for t***sparancy in government and the benefit of taking money out of politics. I thing gerrymandered districts and CU are creating politicians that no longer have to answer to the e*****rate, and can just do the bidding of their donors.

OldSchool Loc: Moving to the Red State of Utah soon!

So, you're against freedom of speech?

Your little scenario here is phony because it violates current campaign laws. If they get caught, they will be prosecuted.

Geno36 Loc: Texas

The US debt plus entitlements is over 225 trillion and that folks is more money than is in the entire world. If you think that the SHTF is not in the cards you've got your head in the sand.

weneedrubio

I was referring to the crash of 2008. If you are going to be intentionally obtuse, which is a liberal tactic, we will get nowhere.

Geno36 Loc: Texas

I love Dolphins. Tastes like chicken.

weneedrubio

It allows unlimited in some ways but none can be secret. Your union example is actually what you are referring too because they have that right. You libs need to get your facts straight.

The Cracker

American families are becoming increasingly polarized along race, class and educational lines, according to a new report released Wednesday, a sign of growing economic ine******y that was exacerbated by the Great Recession.

The report, “Divergent Paths of American Families,” found a widening gap in recent years between families that are white, educated or economically secure and minority families, those headed by someone with a high school degree or less, and poor families.

The concern, report authors say, is not that American families are becoming diverse. Advances in civil rights and women’s economic independence have opened up individual choice and t***sformed the American family in the past 50 years. The concern, they wrote, is that the divisions fall along race, class and educational lines and that they are accelerating.

Once again the misplaced efforts of the liberal radicals screw up a great country.

The Cracker

How to sum up the Democratic party in seventy five words?

“If you are taught bitterness and anger, then you will believe you are a victim. You will feel aggrieved and the twin brother of aggrievment is entitlement.

So now you think you are owed something and you don't have to work for it and now you're on a really bad road to nowhere because there are people who will play to that sense of victimhood, aggreivement and entitlement, and you still won't have a job.”

Condaleeza Rice

Voice of Reason Loc: Earth

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Give a man an EBT card and he'll v**e Democrat for life.

AnnMarie Loc: Madison, Wi

So my union example would work, but the Star Kist would not....hmm..same example with different protaganists.

AnnMarie Loc: Madison, Wi

Hmm! I wonder how we got into debt??? Reagan. Cut taxes and tax reciepts will go up. Opps..cut taxes and revenue goes down..what a suprise. Paid off by Clinton. Bush? Cut taxes and revenue will go up...No, really, this time it will. Opps..again..Obama trying to pay it off, with Republicans blocking tax increases for the rich, which 90% Americans think should happen. Save me the crocodile tears about the deficit and do something about it.. Like tax the 1% who made out just fine in this recovery.

AnnMarie Loc: Madison, Wi

The discussion was on the Great Depression.

AnnMarie Loc: Madison, Wi

Give a corporation a bailout and they will v**e republican for life

AnnMarie Loc: Madison, Wi

Sorry, plenty CAN be secret. PACs can be set up NOT to disclose their donors.

http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2011/05/citizens-united-decision-profoundly-affects-political-landscape.html

Dave Loc: Upstate New York

Let's take it one step at a time. Those who are rich and lean politically the way you do are just generous people, while those who are not rich and lean different than you are just dumb. Interesting thought process behind that. Now, as to Gates and Buffett - you do know, I'm sure, that they have armies of experts minimizing both their corporate and personal tax liabilities. Buffett's entire company is organized in a fashion to minimize taxes while maximizing cash usage for aggressive asset purchases. Why does their generosity not preclude such aggressive tax avoidance tactics?

As to Fox, and studies that show their viewers to be the less informed than those who see or hear no news - common sense alone, unbiased, would lead one to seriously question the validity of such a study. Certainly you are aware that studies are conducted by people, like yourself, who have thier own biases and find data to support preconcieved notions.

I am a Fox viewer, as well as an ABC, NBC and CBS viewer. Clearly Fox is more likely to report things from a more conservative point of view than the other 3 networks, but as to fact reporting - I've found them to be easily the equal of those. There is no comporable Fox scandal to the Dan Rather fiasco, or the NBC 9/11 editing, or the selective use of photo's by ABC that I've seen.

When one suggests the answer to all economic problems is to v**e Democratic, as you have, that hardly qualifies you as an unbiased observer.