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Old 04-02-2014, 12:58 PM   #1
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Default SCOTUS to Billionaires: spend all you want on elections!

5 old men on the SCOTUS say spend as much as you want on elections!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0...n_5076732.html

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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down the aggregate campaign contribution limits, thereby opening the door to even more money in the political system.

The 5-4 ruling in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission was penned by Chief Justice John Roberts and joined by justices Anthony Kennedy, Samuel Alito and Antonin Scalia. The decision relies heavily on the assertion in the 2010 Citizens United ruling that influence and access are not a corruption concern.

Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a separate opinion that agreed to strike the aggregate limits, but also called for an end to the entire campaign finance reform system.

The victory for the Alabama businessman and major Republican Party donor Shaun McCutcheon, who was joined by the Republican National Committee in his challenge, means that a single donor will soon be able to contribute millions of hard dollars -- in limited contributions -- to political parties, candidates and political action committees.

 
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Old 04-02-2014, 04:22 PM   #2
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the system works

 
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Old 04-02-2014, 04:36 PM   #3
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i'm donating everything to ron paul

 
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Old 04-02-2014, 04:51 PM   #4
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since money is now speech I demand to be made Moderator!

 
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Old 04-02-2014, 10:17 PM   #5
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I can think of no political system in the history of mankind where the rich and powerful also did not rule.

 
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Old 04-02-2014, 11:13 PM   #6
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if this and citizens united are upheld it'll change how politics in the country work and people will essentially have no part in the process. obama '12 was able to overcome it with personal contributions but there probably won't be a campaign that well strategized and ballistic again, or it's going to be rare

 
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Old 04-03-2014, 04:14 AM   #7
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Old 04-03-2014, 07:51 AM   #8
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I can't tell sometimes when Order is being serious or sarcastic

 
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Old 04-03-2014, 08:40 AM   #9
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i'm dead serious. peoplle are dying

 
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Old 04-04-2014, 11:19 AM   #10
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I can think of no political system in the history of mankind where the rich and powerful also did not rule.
Remove political from this and it's true... Largely because NO SHIT THE "POWERFUL" RULE.

GUYS HOW COME KINGS KEEP BECOMING KING? WTF.

 
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Old 04-04-2014, 11:21 AM   #11
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Our last king was a king! And the one before that! Talk about bullshit, right?

 
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Insights from jczeroman: Powerful people are powerful. Tall people are tall. Wealthy people have wealth.

 
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Old 04-04-2014, 12:50 PM   #13
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whys the president so authoritative. like he won an election or something

 
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Old 04-04-2014, 12:55 PM   #14
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And how come wealthy people do more things? It's probably linked to using money somehow but I just don't understand the leap between having money and using it for personal benefit.

Anyone got a diagram?

 
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Old 04-04-2014, 01:26 PM   #15
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why are people doing things at all for that matter

 
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Old 04-04-2014, 02:11 PM   #16
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This is gettin too philosophical for me.

 
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Old 04-04-2014, 03:15 PM   #17
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I thought he was saying this is nbd because it's been happening ever since Moses walked this earth.

 
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Old 04-04-2014, 03:28 PM   #18
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moses was a gimp. fuck him and john wayne

 
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Old 04-04-2014, 11:18 PM   #19
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Insights from jczeroman: Powerful people are powerful. Tall people are tall. Wealthy people have wealth.
yeah to be frank, i don't think the soviets were actually "wealthy"

 
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And how come wealthy people do more things? It's probably linked to using money somehow but I just don't understand the leap between having money and using it for personal benefit.

Anyone got a diagram?
karl rove has one

 
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Remove political from this and it's true... Largely because NO SHIT THE "POWERFUL" RULE.

GUYS HOW COME KINGS KEEP BECOMING KING? WTF.
You are being overly pedantic. Clearly 'powerful' does not automatically imply 'political power', and by making the subject of my sentence a 'political system' I was noting how the generally powerful also happen to often wield political power.

 
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Old 04-16-2014, 06:45 PM   #22
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yeah to be frank, i don't think the soviets were actually "wealthy"
Relative to what? Each other? The United States?

 
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Money is Speech

Corporations are People

 
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