Of course I am biased and want Romney to lose.....but if he wins....or if Obama wins, will this country take the elections back and not allow foreign money, corporate money, and unions to pour billions into the most silly exercise of smoke and mirrors.
First, can we pass a constitutional amendment which overturns the Citizen United Case. Dred Scott was a Supreme Court Case which said some people were not persons under our constitution, and Citizens United is telling us that Corporations are people......they are not perfect, and yes they have made historic mistakes.....but how do we correct this rigged and broken system? I do not think a constitutional amendment will pass without bipartisan support.
Second, we could try to institute the corruption escape clause in Citizens and allow Congress to pass a law limiting contributions based on real evidence of foreign contributions, and then see if the Court will recognize the real decaying and corrupting impact of Citizens and give them an easy path to modify the decision. Again it would take bipartisan support in Congress.....I doubt it will happen.
So the reality of this election is that the Oligarchy is going to consolidate its power despite who wins. The only person in my opinion who could change the contributions would be a President Romney who actually had a soul and conscious, and introduced legislation for a constitutional amendment.....However, an evil man doing something which would benefit the nation.....now I must be smoking something.
First, can we pass a constitutional amendment which overturns the Citizen United Case. Dred Scott was a Supreme Court Case which said some people were not persons under our constitution, and Citizens United is telling us that Corporations are people......they are not perfect, and yes they have made historic mistakes.....but how do we correct this rigged and broken system? I do not think a constitutional amendment will pass without bipartisan support.
Second, we could try to institute the corruption escape clause in Citizens and allow Congress to pass a law limiting contributions based on real evidence of foreign contributions, and then see if the Court will recognize the real decaying and corrupting impact of Citizens and give them an easy path to modify the decision. Again it would take bipartisan support in Congress.....I doubt it will happen.
So the reality of this election is that the Oligarchy is going to consolidate its power despite who wins. The only person in my opinion who could change the contributions would be a President Romney who actually had a soul and conscious, and introduced legislation for a constitutional amendment.....However, an evil man doing something which would benefit the nation.....now I must be smoking something.