Selling out our democracy (Brattleboro Reformer)

... Until now, corporations and labor unions have been barred from spending their own funds on broadcast ads or billboards that urge the election or defeat of a federal candidate. This ban goes back to 1907, when President Theodore Roosevelt called on Congress to forbid corporations, railroads and national banks from using their money in federal election campaigns. Congress extended this ban to unions after World War II ...

In the past year in Congress, we’ve seen the big insurance companies disrupt the health care debate, the big banks opposing regulations to protect our economy, and the big oil companies slow efforts to address global warming. Corporations already dominate our political process through political action committees, fundraisers, high-paid lobbyists and personal contributions by corporate insiders.

The last thing our nation needs is unlimited corporate funding for the candidates and causes they favor at election time ...

http://www.reformer.com/ci_14251596

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