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Who are Representatives beholden to? Discuss
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The Court has said that Money rules AGAIN. See: Citizens United for a primer
57!!! Hey Frankie Preempted you LOL
The Court has said that Money rules AGAIN. See: Citizens United for a primer
Stole your thunder (what you think of as thunder anyway ) 57!!! 57!!!
The Court has said that Money rules AGAIN. See: Citizens United for a primer
Not sure why you seem to think the government should be able to tell people or groups of people what they can or cannot say about politicians.
The Court has said that Money rules AGAIN. See: Citizens United for a primer
Not sure why you seem to think the government should be able to tell people or groups of people what they can or cannot say about politicians.
So you agree w/ Gingrich that $= speech? Therefore more $ = more speech. Who do you think your Rep is going to spend more time with, some blue collar worker, or any worker from his/her district for that matter, or a lobbyist from Exxon?
Ummm.....yes. I don't want "the best government money can buy". Apparently, you do.Not sure why you seem to think the government should be able to tell people or groups of people what they can or cannot say about politicians.
So you agree w/ Gingrich that $= speech? Therefore more $ = more speech. Who do you think your Rep is going to spend more time with, some blue collar worker, or any worker from his/her district for that matter, or a lobbyist from Exxon?
You really need to read the decision sometime. You honestly think that it should be illegal for a group of people to buy advertising criticizing a politician 60 or 90 days before an election?
Ummm.....yes. I don't want "the best government money can buy". Apparently, you do.So you agree w/ Gingrich that $= speech? Therefore more $ = more speech. Who do you think your Rep is going to spend more time with, some blue collar worker, or any worker from his/her district for that matter, or a lobbyist from Exxon?
You really need to read the decision sometime. You honestly think that it should be illegal for a group of people to buy advertising criticizing a politician 60 or 90 days before an election?
Lets say theres this person called America. Now, theres a person standing next to America named Gop. Gop is holding a loaded gun to the side of Americas head, and is demanding that you hand over fifty puppies, or hes going to shoot America in the head.
Like any sensible person, you hand over fifty puppies, because you dont want to see America get shot in the head. Gop takes the puppies and America lives.
Now, a couple months later, Gop and America are at it again. I guess America is Gops mistress or something, I dont really know. The difference is that this time, Gop has put all the puppies in a cage and wired it with explosives.
Gop is now demanding five hundred puppies. If Gop doesnt get five hundred puppies, hes going to shoot America in the head, and blow up the fifty puppies you already gave him.
Now lets say you get all five hundred puppies and deliver them to Gop, and tell Gop that in exchange for these five hundred puppies, you would really appreciate it if Gop would hand over the detonator for the fifty puppies wired with explosives, and the gun hes holding to the head of America.
Gop refuses. Gop now has a gun against Americas temple, the hammer is cocked, and he has fifty puppies wired with explosives, with an offer for five hundred more if hell just put down the gun and detonator.
The problem is that Gop cant do that, because Teaparty, his former partner, is holding his wife, Reelection, hostage too. If Gop doesnt get all the puppies, and keeps the gun and detonator, Teaparty is going to shoot Gops wife Reelection in the head.
Now, for this to untangle itself, someone has to die. Either Gop blows up the puppies and shoots America in the head because you wont give in to their completely unreasonable demands, or America and the puppies live because Gop gave you the gun and detonator, but Teaparty killed Gops wife, Reelection.
There is a third and fourth way. Gop turns around and shoots Teaparty, sparing his wife, mistress, and puppies, or Gop shoots himself, thus freeing America and the puppies and leaving Teaparty out in the cold.
So really, its a double hostage situation. The Democrats are offering the world to the GOP to keep them from blowing it all up, but the GOP cant take the deal because if they do, the Tea Party will go fucking nuts and everyone that votes for it will face a primary challenge.
If the Republican Party were a normal party, it would take advantage of this amazing moment. It is being offered the deal of the century: trillions of dollars in spending cuts in exchange for a few hundred billion dollars of revenue increases.
But to members of this movement, tax levels are everything. Members of this tendency have taken a small piece of economic policy and turned it into a sacred fixation. They are willing to cut education and research to preserve tax expenditures. Manufacturing employment is cratering even as output rises, but members of this movement somehow believe such problems can be addressed so long as they continue to worship their idol.