@kevbo, & @YoBob I am aware of the Citizens United decision by the US Supreme Court. However, the Ban on Political Contributions by Foreign Nationals was put in place in 1966 and still stands. It’s just that now, with the recent SCOTUS travesty, nobody is allowed to look at who gave what, so there is no way to enforce the 1966 law. The Mexican and Colombian drug cartels could even set up puppet non-profits to run advertising. Maybe they could convince enough Americans, and make all drug activity in the US legal, giving them a beautiful safe-haven to ship drugs here and worldwide.
@Cruiser The flow of money has tripled due to the new court decision in Citizens United. But I don’t think this is a partisan issue. The money is going to flow to the party poised to win. If Republicans get control this election and screw things up, right-wingers will have a rude awakening as to why this unlimited money is a problem corrupting our political process. The voters deserve to know who’s behind attack ads and what they might stand to gain by pushing a given position. What’s wrong with transparency all of a sudden?
@woodcutter That is my point. The winners are not the Republicans, or the Democrats. The winners are the special interests that could care less about the needs of the US citizens as long as they can buy enough power in Washington to line their pockets with taxpayer dollars and turn back the clock on any form of meaningful regulation. What’s at stake is not this or that party, it is American Liberty as we have always know it. Do we really want to live in a Corporatocracy instead of a Democratic Republic?
@thekoukoureport Ha! I find it interesting you said so much without answering the question at hand, but what you said was eloquent enough I can live with it. GA. In fact, you might have added I find it interesting that the same people who constantly cried judicial activism suddenly see nothing wrong with 5 justices completely reversing over 100 years of case law.