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I had an idea yesterday; bounced it off a wife and a coworker and both of them liked it.
You know how the Supreme Court recently reaffirmed their ruling that spending money is equivalent to free speech, and that corporations may spend as much as they like on elections? I am sure you know that many, perhaps most, of the members of Congress have received mega-donations from corporations?
And are you also familiar with NASCAR, in which the drivers and their cars are covered with logos from their sponsors?
My idea is to combine the two. I think the American people deserve to know who their representatives are actually representing. If members of Congress take donations from corporations or other special interests, make them wear a big label with the appropriate logo or company name. So the people of Connecticut deserve to see a big patch on the suit of Joe Lieberman showing the insurance companies who are sponsoring him. This of course applies to everyone in public service; Tim Geithner shouldn't appear in public without the Goldman-Sachs logo on his breast. The bigger the donation, the larger the patch.
It appears we have to allow our elected representatives to take money from large donors; SCOTUS says so. So we let them, but I think we have a right to know who they're working for. Hence my idea: combine NASCAR and politics, and see who comes to Congress or the White House completely covered in corporate logos and labels.
The more I think about it, the more I like it.
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