I am still trying to parse the Supreme Court's decision striking down corporate campaign spending limits. A bigger problem than how much money the corporations and unions have is that they are not representative of their constituents. The shareholders and employees have no voice and cannot express their political preferences, instead the officers and board use the corporation's vast wealth to amplify their own voice and silence all other members of the group. There should be less money in politics, but the fundamental problem here is allowing corporate leadership to hijack the voices of the citizenry. There is a reason corporations are called "special interests."
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