To RW lurkers and Tea Party activists, here is why the Supreme Court decision is bad

[dhpgetsit]

Let's say you own a home, and a multinational corporation is interested in exploring for mineral resources n your property. They want to evict you and start digging next year, but you don't feel like being shoved off your land.

So the corporation tells your city council, county commissioners, State senators, House representative and Senators that if they don't condemn your land, evict you, and turn over the property to them, they are finished. And the corporation has billions of dollars at their disposal. They can easily launch an ad campaign to smear any elected official standing up for you, and promote any replacement corporate whore.

Get the picture? All our government WILL be falling into the hands of corporate interests.

Get active!
http://movetoamend.org/we-corporations

[Democat]

1. It makes social conservatism obsolete as well

Now that corporations can buy politicians, the social conservatives can be completely ignored by the future leaders of the Republican Party. Social conservatism does not help in selling products or services, so it's always been something that Republican leaders have worked into their platform to get church going people to vote for pro-corporate candidates. Now that corporations will have the freedom to buy candidates, the social conservatives will become far less important in the Republican strategy. It will take a few years, maybe more, but watch for that wing of the party to eventually lose their influence as a result of this ruling.

[dgibby]

3. Not to mention the fact that

any multinational/foreign corporation can set up a front corp. in the US, influence a few lawmakers/judges, and undermine national security.

I guess we can stop fighting them "over there" since they seem to be "here".cleverly disguised in long black robes.

[blm]

2. Bush and his pals did exactly that in Texas. Teabaggers: Don't Tread on Corporate Power

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