tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180226403686462298.post319262594139388989..comments2024-03-01T01:18:46.480-06:00Comments on Political Heat: An annoying neighbor helps explain the need for limits on corporate campaign spendingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180226403686462298.post-88506131438287790912015-07-27T18:03:18.878-05:002015-07-27T18:03:18.878-05:00I never said I wanted absolutely NO corporate mone...I never said I wanted absolutely NO corporate money in elections. I said there should be LIMITED corporate influence, and that's a wide spectrum. That might mean an absolute restriction on corporate donations, that might mean a restriction similar to what individuals face now. What I don't see as proper is an absolutist approach to money from corporations (or unions, for that matter), allowing them unlimited "speech" in the form of drowning out individual contributions. Right now, corporate donations effectively mean that corporatists are using loudspeakers while actual, legitimate speech by a citizen is drowned to a whisper. Your taxation without representation analogy isn't sufficient, either -- a corporation can be taxed precisely because it isn't a citizen, and it isn't granted citizenship rights.Chris Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09820378069472929510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180226403686462298.post-15041146391464422822015-07-27T09:17:46.226-05:002015-07-27T09:17:46.226-05:00Okay obliviously you forgot our history there is t...Okay obliviously you forgot our history there is to be no taxation without representation. aka Boston Tea Party . So I then propose if you want no corporate money in elections then their should be no taxing of said businesses. I Like that. That would allow my company to increase my wage and benefits. Also before you blame corporations better take a look at the amount unions spend on elections there is like 67 of them that spent more money then the Koch brothers but we never hear about thatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180226403686462298.post-55986215590769003112015-07-24T06:20:23.268-05:002015-07-24T06:20:23.268-05:00When one person shouts and rants and dominates in ...When one person shouts and rants and dominates in a meeting, the proper thing to do is to kindly but firmly say, "Thank you for being a good member of our community and speaking your mind. Now you need to sit down and let others speak." In our society in general, it is time to tell our loud corporate mouthpieces, "You've had your chance, now you need to sit down and let others be heard."Jdeminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07966116504106839681noreply@blogger.com