Brazil's top court bans corporate political financing

[nationalize the fed]

Source: Associated Press

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday banned corporate contributions to political campaigns and parties, a hot issue as investigators in the nation's biggest corruption scandal say such financing was used by businesses to win lucrative contracts with state-run oil company Petrobras.

The court ruled 8-3 to block such campaign financing — which in the most recent presidential elections represented well over 90 percent of the funding for leading candidates and eventual presidents.

Brazil's bar association brought the case to the top court, which first took it up in 2013 but saw a conservative justice block a final vote until now.

"The influence of economic power culminates by turning the electoral process into a political game of marked cards, an odious pantomime that turns the voter into a puppet, crumbling in one blow citizenship and democracy," said Justice Rosa Weber in voting to strike down the financing.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/d13f4042158e4c7ba5718194d4866eb9/brazils-top-court-bans-corporate-political-financing

[99th_Monkey]

1. Imagine that.

a nation that stands up to it's wealthy class, and says hell no,
you can't buy our government .. we want a legitimate civil
society where fairness and democratic processes are respected.

[redruddyred]

2. wait that's a scandal?

wouldn't even make the news here.

[Uncle Joe]

3. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, nationalize the fed.

[Ken Burch]

4. Viva Brasil! n/t.

[williesgirl]

5. If only...