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"One Nation, under Corporate Power, with liberty and justice for a select few"
Citizens United Decision Allows Corporations To Make 2010 A Record-Breaking Year In Campaign Spending The 2008 presidential election ushered in an unprecedented amount of campaign spending, with the presidential candidates taking in over $1.7 billion in donations. But, according to new research, corporations and their allies will trounce 2008’s “political spend-a-thon” in the 2010 midterm election season. “Liberated” by the Supreme Court’s recent Citizens United decision, corporations and “well-established political players” will pump in 10 to 15 percent more cash in 2010 to “disrupt” races with more negative ads:
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http://thinkprogress.org/2010/09/17/citizens-united-corporations-spending/ ---