Charles Koch: I'm Fighting to Restore a Free Society

othershoe1030 wrote:

PACEDOG#1 wrote:Everyone's for it, but who will really follow through?

People are working on it.

House Joint Resolution 29 introduced February 14, 2013

Section 1. [Artificial Entities Such as Corporations Do Not Have Constitutional Rights]

The rights protected by the Constitution of the United States are the rights of natural persons only.

Artificial entities established by the laws of any State, the United States, or any foreign state shall have no rights under this Constitution and are subject to regulation by the People, through Federal, State, or local law.

The privileges of artificial entities shall be determined by the People, through Federal, State, or local law, and shall not be construed to be inherent or inalienable.

Section 2. [Money is Not Free Speech]

Federal, State, and local government shall regulate, limit, or prohibit contributions and expenditures, including a candidate's own contributions and expenditures, to ensure that all citizens, regardless of their economic status, have access to the political process, and that no person gains, as a result of their money, substantially more access or ability to influence in any way the election of any candidate for public office or any ballot measure.

Federal, State, and local government shall require that any permissible contributions and expenditures be publicly disclosed.

The judiciary shall not construe the spending of money to influence elections to be speech under the First Amendment.


https://movetoamend.org/wethepeopleamendment

polecat wrote:You see, if and when they eventually win, these billionaires will clean up. Their taxes will plummet, many of laws constraining their profits (such environmental laws preventing the Koch brothers from more depredations, and the anti-bribery Foreign Corrupt Practices Act that Adelson is being investigated for violating) will disappear, and what’s left of labor unions will no longer intrude on their bottom lines. And they have enough dough to keep betting until they eventually win. That’s what it means to be a billionaire political investor: You’re able to keep playing the odds until you get the golden ring.”

Floridatexan wrote:
The truly sad part, Chrissy, is that you fall for this stuff over and over again. That opinion piece is full of buzzwords...who doesn't like "freedom"? Before you blindly accept what you read, try to read between the lines...or actually think about who is writing it.

crow wrote:I challenge anyone here to show me stuff that is bad that these people have done. Not spin, FACTS.

show me how they are evil. Do it. Put up or shut up!

knothead wrote:

crow wrote:I challenge anyone here to show me stuff that is bad that these people have done. Not spin, FACTS.

show me how they are evil. Do it. Put up or shut up!

Chrissy, puhleeez . . . . . these people inherited their fortunes and are now using hugh amounts of that fortune to tip the scales in our elections to garner favors from their paid for politicians . . . . please tell me you do not live under a rock because I know better!