Question on Scotus decision

[shirlden]

If Corporations can now influence (buy) elections directly, do they really need to buy individual politicians? If I were a fat-creep CEO, I would tell the dude or dudess with his/her hand out to go suck a pig.
All the Corps need do is promote fear-fear-fear and the common folk will fall all over themselves to vote against themselves.
This is win-win for business........they will save a stack of money in the long haul. Will all the lobby crowd be getting pink slips?
Just some thoughts............

:shrug:

[cali]

1. the lobbyists will be more robust. Corporations will flood corporate pols with

money. Progressive candidates will be even more outspent.

[NightWatcher]

2. they can buy the election to have their puppet elected

then their puppet works for them on a daily basis in office. they are insuring their own reps in congress with no veil of being the People's representatives

[doc03]

3. There is a populist issue Obama could get the majority of

Americans Republican and Democrat to back. I think nearly everyone can agree we have to get lobbyist and money out of politics, this country has become ungovernable. Will anybody do it? Nooooooo

[Selatius]

4. It will make overt collusion between business leaders and candidates for office far easier.

Candidates who do not obey the wishes of business leaders will simply be outspent in a contest against candidates who are willing to obey.