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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 05:48 PM
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Does the USSC ruling on political speech & $$$ apply to foreign corporations?
Because if it's US comapnies only, that rules out most of the biggies...they're all registered in tax havens.
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 05:52 PM
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1. Apparently. I read that somewhere.
Corporations, both foreign and domestic, and unions. Maybe we can start global unions now and they can meddle in our politics like corporations do.
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 05:53 PM
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2. I believe so. nt
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mdmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 05:54 PM
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3. Interesting
Foreign corporations can play a role in our elections.
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BR_Parkway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 05:57 PM
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4. So al Queida could incorporate = and choose and fund candidates
here in the US. Brilliant
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salguine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 06:04 PM
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6. And you'd see Senators and Congressmen take the money, too. When there's
money to be had, there's nothing they wouldn't stoop to.
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MrsCorleone Donating Member (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 06:01 PM
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5. From what I understand, yes, foreign corporations can
now meddle in our elections. Question I have is, which corporations are extensions of foreign governments?
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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 06:06 PM
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7. "which corporations are extensions of foreign governments?"
Frankly, that doesn't seem to matter. They are well on their way to being bigger and more dangerous than any government.

This is what privatizing has always been about: moving control away from democratic institutions and putting it into the hands of the rich.

Just a new kind of dictatorship. One which can control ALL governments.

Three decades of lionizing anyone with money has brought us here.
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 07:16 PM
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8. So the Taliban can incorporate and buy political ads? USA! USA!
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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 07:27 PM
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9. Frankly, that wouldn't matter so much. Americans would be unlikely to believe THOSE lies.
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