America's Election At Stake

[Shiny Grimer]

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationw...butions10-2009sep10,0,3399940.story?track=rss

Basically, if the precedent is overturned (on the basis that corporations are persons, wtf no they aren't they're not even conscious let alone self-aware, corporate personhood is stupid), then corporation can summon up however much money they want to sponsor political candidates.

Corporations will essentially pick and choose candidates favorable to them and use their VAST MONEY to support them (remember the mormons and prop 8? imagine that from wal-mart for obama). If McCain-Goldfeld is overturned, the Congress is saying "The American Public is OK with this sort of unfair activity. Let's go all the way and make it legal!" and I'm pretty sure once it's passed, there will be a hell of a time overturning it.

What do you think? Should corporations be allowed to make donations to political candidates? What constitutes or shoudl constitute corporate personhood? Will we ever see "Sarah Palin 2012, sponsored by Wal-Mart!" if the precedent is overturned?

 

[nothing to see here]

If the leader of a corporation wants to donate money to some politician, let them.

But the corporation itself counting as a separate "person?" That's pretty ridiculous. It's especially messed up if there aren't any limits on the amount they can donate... even more so if each person in the corporation is also allowed to donate (that is how it works, if I remember right)... you'd be giving a few small groups of people a free pass at ignoring the restrictions on how much money they can bribe politicians with. Very bad idea.

Speaking of bad ideas... Sarah Crazypants for president? Ugh. That would be scary.

 

[opaltiger]

well this is pretty much how the Republican Party operates anyway, except read "ludicrously rich old white men" for "corporations".

 

[Tarvos]

It doesn't matter. The United States are dead in 20 years if they go on like this.

 

[Vladimir Putin's LJ]

It doesn't matter. The United States are dead in 20 years if they go on like this.

*crosses fingers*
*probably gets hands shot off*

 

[Tarvos]

As long as the US waste such funding on elections, overseas property wars and other causes and don't invest in health care, education, and environmental issues they are going to the dogs

 

[Karkat Vantas]

It doesn't matter. The United States are dead in 20 years if they go on like this.

Guess it's time to move to Canada!

This article saddens me.

 

[Tarvos]

Don't worry. Canada is going down in 40, and Europe in 50.

 

[goldenquagsire]

Don't worry. Canada is going down in 40, and Europe in 50.

oh hell no.

I don't want to move to Africa, they have giant poisonous spiders and drinking water that gives you AIDS. ):

 

[Tarvos]

don't worry the whole planet is going down soon anyway

 

[goldenquagsire]

you are really cheery, y'know?

 

[Dewgong]

but it's probably true.

 

[Jack_the_White]

sigh....god bless amerika....

Please dont make corporations people...please...
people are people and corporations are corporations, THERES A FUCKING DIFFERENCE!!!!!!!
One has sex to reproduce, the other feasts on human flesh, jesus...

 

[Tarvos]

you are really cheery, y'know?

yeah they tell me i should lighten up

 

[Shiny Grimer]

I notice you didn't mention Asia or Africa!

Does this mean there's still hope?

 

[Karkat Vantas]

China will be all that's left in the end.

And then they'll align with Japan and create an uber alliance of Asian countries and take over the world.

 

[goldenquagsire]

yeah they tell me i should lighten up

not a bad idea imo.

but it's probably true.

still! you won't get about solving things by being grumpy and pessimistic about it!

I notice you didn't mention Asia or Africa!

Does this mean there's still hope?

massive overcrowding vs. medieval standard of living.

great alternatives there buddy

China will be all that's left in the end.

And then they'll align with Japan and create an uber alliance of Asian countries and take over the world.

lol

I don't claim to know jack shit about Asia, but even I know that there's about as much chance of Japan and China being buddies as there is of Nick Griffin giving Desmond Tutu oral sex. for various reasons.

 

[ultraviolet]

I notice you didn't mention Asia or Africa!

yeah or Australia
come on guys, come over to my place and sit this thing out

why does everyone forget about us .__.

 

[Tarvos]

because you're on an island in the middle of the pacific

nobody gives a shit about your lump of rock :)

anyway I don't think it matters where you live, you don't really have an alternative but to die anyway

so make of the rest of yer life what you guys will

 

[opaltiger]

hey what Australia is awesome. back off >:(