| Of all the issues that have left me in shock in the | | | | standing precedents are essentially selling out the |
| realm of U.S. politics over the last couple of | | | | democracy to special interests. I don't care if you |
| months, nothing was worse than the decision this | | | | are Republican or Democrat, Conservative or |
| past week by the Supreme Court. It overruled | | | | Liberal, this is outrageous. Maybe this is a test if |
| the long standing precedent of the limitations of | | | | movements such as the Tea Party are actual |
| corporations and unions giving to advertisement | | | | populist movements (which would be outraged by |
| to support political candidates. Essentially, | | | | this bill) or an extension of the Republican Party (in |
| corporations can give whatever they want to | | | | which they will not be, because it will support their |
| political advertisement, because in some way the | | | | interests). |
| conservative judges say this is their "freedom of | | | | If we continue down this path, I don't know what |
| speech". While they can skew it any way that | | | | the health of democracy will be in 20 years. The |
| they would like, this decision is disastrous to the | | | | gap between rich and poor will continue to |
| health of a democracy. The rich and powerful will | | | | skyrocket. The helpless and defenseless will be |
| gain even more and more control, and the | | | | left without a voice. We will continue to decline in |
| common man will be left with nothing. | | | | education, and the actual physical health of the |
| Do you understand what this entails? The | | | | nation will be at an abysmal level. I hope the |
| corruption that is already rampant in politics has | | | | congress comes and finds a bill to replace this |
| essentially become legalized. We already know | | | | outrageous ruling, before our Republic simply |
| that congressman won't stand up to the banks, | | | | becomes a corrupt Oligarchy guised in the form |
| health insurance companies, oil companies, etc, | | | | of a democracy. |
| because of the benefits they receive from them. | | | | Edward Dolling made an interesting point, "The |
| However, now it just allows these groups even | | | | two greatest obstacles to democracy in the |
| more power in the government. A few years | | | | United States are, first, the widespread delusion |
| ago, Senator Feingold of Wisconsin and former | | | | among the poor that we have a democracy, and |
| Republican Candidate McCain understood the | | | | second, the chronic terror among the rich, lest we |
| danger of the stockholders, CEO's, and greed | | | | get it." (1941) |
| overcoming the voice of the people, so they | | | | It is time for the common man to stand up and |
| helped to restrict the power of these groups in | | | | declare their individual voice; otherwise democracy |
| regards to political financing. However, these 5 | | | | will be nothing but a façade for the rich and |
| judges who have voted this reversal of long | | | | powerful to take more and more control. |