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Stinky The Clown

(67,808 posts)
Sun Aug 19, 2012, 11:20 AM Aug 2012

"Citizens United" opened the flood gates for unlimited money from corporations, unions, special . .

. . . . interest groups, and other anonymous sources of millions of dollars."

What is wrong with that statement? One word in it creates an untrue implication.

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"Citizens United" opened the flood gates for unlimited money from corporations, unions, special . . (Original Post) Stinky The Clown Aug 2012 OP
Unions are different nt Progressive dog Aug 2012 #1
Unions don't have "unlimited" funds. Jackpine Radical Aug 2012 #2
Remember the demand for a "Union Checkoff"? ewagner Aug 2012 #3
Its the ''anonymour sources" that scare the h--- out of me. turtlerescue1 Aug 2012 #4
IMO, its backfired horribly on the GOP. HooptieWagon Aug 2012 #5
Saw on the news the other day that Inkfreak Aug 2012 #6

ewagner

(18,964 posts)
3. Remember the demand for a "Union Checkoff"?
Sun Aug 19, 2012, 11:37 AM
Aug 2012

Where union members had to "check off" on the Union's contributions to a particular candidate or party?

What about a "stock holder's checkoff"...if your IRA mutual fund owns stock in a corporation and that corporation wants to contribute to a campaign, the ALL the stockholders, majority and minority, need to agree to it...

If corporations are "people" because the individual stockholders are people, then they should check it off...

ya think?

turtlerescue1

(1,013 posts)
4. Its the ''anonymour sources" that scare the h--- out of me.
Sun Aug 19, 2012, 11:43 AM
Aug 2012

Its not like there can't be issues with the rest, but to say "anonymous sources" creates a really big potential.

The entire "implication" isn't healthy for those of us who are naturally by birth humans.

 

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
5. IMO, its backfired horribly on the GOP.
Sun Aug 19, 2012, 11:57 AM
Aug 2012

Romney's ten-fold advantage in funding resulted in his nomination, despite a lack of popularity with the GOP base. And Koch bros bought Ryan's spot on the ticket. While fairly popular with some GOP groups, most analysts consider him an albatross for the GE and down-ticket races.

Inkfreak

(1,695 posts)
6. Saw on the news the other day that
Sun Aug 19, 2012, 12:19 PM
Aug 2012

over $500 million dollars has been spent on the presidential election so far this year. Boggles the mind...

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