How Big Money Contributions Cripple our Politics

[BeckyDem]

May 3, 2019


Despite the many setbacks, consumer advocate, author, and former health insurance executive Wendell Potter says there is reason to be optimistic about our politics if we take the long view and challenge corporate power

https://therealnews.com/stories/how-big-money-contributions-cripple-our-politics

[justhanginon]

1. "Big money contributions cripple our politics" just the way

the Roberts court wanted with the disgustingly biased Citizens United decision giving free rein to the monied interests to have an outsized influence on our elections.
That will always be part of the justice Roberts legacy

[BeckyDem]

2. They embrace the concept of corporate power, that is how I see their reasoning.

With the most asinine reasoning, but there ya have it. Greed is good, the mentors of Gordon Gekko.

Do you know what Kennedy had to say when he was asked about CU?

See here: While Kennedy may now bemoan that disclosure post-Citizens United is “not working the way it should,” he should have known that his imagined disclosure regime was not working before the decision, either.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/citizens-united-anthony-kennedy_n_5637c481e4b0631799134b92

Here too: Despite his claim that he does not comment on cases, Kennedy often discusses his decisions. Last October, Kennedy appeared at Harvard Law School to reflect on the pivotal Obergefell v. Hodges case which extended the right to same-sex marriage nationwide. During that discussion, he commented briefly on Citizens United, reportedly declaring, “What happens with money in politics is not good.”

As soon I started talking with Kennedy, members of his security detail escorted me out of the room and asked for my credentials. After confirming that I was properly registered for the event, they asked if they could screen my questions before I could re-enter. I declined.

https://theintercept.com/2016/09/20/justice-kennedy-citizens-united/

[justhanginon]

3. I wholeheartedly agree withyou. I find it absolutely amazing

how supposedly learned men with all kinds of degrees seem to lack a lot of the foresight of average citizens. Perhaps they are so focused on their "conservative values" which seem to be focused on the propping up the business class that they lose sight of what is good for the American voting public.

[BeckyDem]

4. +1

We have our work cut out for us in turning this around.